We just came back from 3 weeks at grandma and papa’s house. We had such a wonderful trip this summer. We spent the entire 3 weeks with grandma, papa and Milo. We got to spend 2 weeks with AJ. We saw many friends and family members, did a lot of fun things, swam, golfed and just loved being with family. Thank you grandma and papa for abandoning your routines, welcoming us with open arms and loving us the way you do. We love you so much.
Cousins reunited. Milo introduced Ella to the Octonauts this summer.
Ella got right back into diving without missing a beat!
Hakuna Matata. Grandma took all of us to see the Lion King. We all loved it.
Fun at the new Overpeck Park.
Adrienne, Zachary and Lexy visited us at grandma and papa’s. The kids had a great time together and it was sweet having a baby in the house.
Ella read Milo a bedtime story almost every night. She loved doing this.
This is one of Ella and Milo’s favorite things to do – ride in the golf cart with papa!
After the first week, we decided that it would be fun to buy and underwater camera. We sure had a lot of fun with it.
Special times with papa on the golf course.
Beautiful AJ.
We took the kids to this crazy carnival in Leonia. It was pretty awful, but the kids loved it. Milo especially loved the bumper cars.
Here we are at the Leonia pool. Brickelle, Akilah and Brooklyn joined us for the day. Ella had a great time with Brickelle.
So much love for grandma!
Ella and her friend Emma.
Ella and AJ made some amazing chocolate chip, coconut, oat meal cookies.
We spent the day at the Bronx Zoo. We went on a dinosaur safari, saw a 4-D movie, rode on a camel, went on a monorail and saw lots of animals. Ella loved seeing peacocks wandering around the zoo.
In case you couldn’t tell, Ella is totally in love with grandma and papa.
Milo and Ella playing with the Octonauts on the terrace.
Grandma helping Milo with floating.
Grandma and Nikki B have the same taste in sun hats!
Mommy is in da house! Mommy came for a long weekend and it was wonderful to have her with us.
Nikki B brought Ella this really cool mini panda lego thing.
KK joined us for dinner. Here is Ella showing KK and Nikki B her earring collection.
We spent the day at the Liberty Science Museum. Ella, Mommy and I all walked the construction site plank. Videos will follow in a few weeks. Ella also touched a snake and hung on that thing for 102 seconds!
All of these shots were taken at Kiku on Milo’s birthday. Jay, Donna and Vaughn joined us. A good time was had by all.
Fireflies!
Ella took some golf lessons at Papa’s club. She loved them.
Grandma and Milo playing Connect 4.
These were taken at the Museum of Natural History. We met Jordin, Twyla and Claudius there. The kids went crazy for the dinosaurs and had a great time with each other. Grandma, Ella, Milo and I saw a really cool 3-D movie on great white sharks.
Here are Ella and Stella after Stella’s AMAZING performance in Hairspray.
Loved going up a few minutes early and watching Ella hit the golf ball. She’s a natural.
Beautiful people!
Luckiest grandchildren in the world!
Some after dinner outdoor fun.
Cousin love.
Grandma and Ella chillin at the club.
Tess and Vida came to visit with David and Jennie. The kids had fun at the park together.
Mr. Laser beam!
More outdoor fun in front of the house.
Crazy sister love.
Time to go back to SF! Thank you for an amazing 3 weeks. Love you guys.
My view of Panda on the airplane. He’s a great little traveler.
Ella reading at breakfast – what a beautiful sight.
Ella learned a lot about dog behavior this week at SPCA camp. She made some observations about Panda. The biggest observation that she made was that he is happy!
Pajama day at SPCA camp! The girls had a blast there together.
A visit to ACC after SPCA camp.
Ella is really excited about the money that she is going to make tonight when mommy says all of the bad words that she is going to say! Ella made about 12 bucks.
Sunny and our friend Bertha who helped me with the surprise.
Taking a selfie to try to stay calm when this is how we were really feeling…
I was a wreck!
Then the surprise happened which you will see in the video clip. After the big surprise, Bertha got Sunny a scoreboard message…
After the scoreboard message, we went over and met up with all of Sunny’s friends. It was a beautiful celebration of love for Sunny. Here is a shot of Sunny with her beautiful expression of being completely blown away…
Then we headed over to hang with friends.
This is what happens when you leave Ella alone with a camera. 
The evening was amazing. I hope Sunny was able to feel so much love from so many different people.
Supposedly these are vortexes. It was a small hike from our hotel to the vortexes. I just checked – they can be called vortexes or vortices so pick your favorite word. We hiked up there twice.
Mommy and Ella building mini structures.
Mommy hugging a vortex.
We met a bunch of sweet lizards on our journey.
This child is so happy being in the pool.
A GIANT game of Jenga!
Fun and love with grandma and papa.
Ella on the pink jeep ride.
Grandma and papa did the vortex hike with us on Saturday.
So we’re back, Ella is in golf camp in the morning, and on Tuesday, we met Colette for ice skating! So much fun. 
Ella setting up the kick for Lexie the leg.
Lexie is taking it and kicking it down the field.
Ella throwing it out.
Ella right after her ears were pierced – hardly any blood in her face.
Feeling much better about a minute later.
After the show!
Post musical flowers and a big lollipop!
Colette came to see the show. This made Ella really happy.
Once the show is over, why not do a little knitting?
A handstand and a headstand.
Looks like Ella has had enough of my picture taking!
Rigth before we left for NY, Ella found these Peeps. We still have lots of them!
Mommy and mama at our first baseball game of the season together!
Together at AJ’s gig.
Ella had this amazing expression on her face while watching AJ perform. What a beautiful night.
One more Aladdin shot – Ella gave a little donation to Broadway Cares.
Sweet shot of cousins Georgia, Isabella, India and Ella at Bronwen’s Bat Mitzvah.
We had a short but great visit with Brickelle, Brooklyn, Akilah and Brooke while we were in NY. Great to see SF friends on the east coast.
Sweet Panda in the grass.
Beautiful Afikomen cover that Ella made.
Ella and Emma put on a creative and wonderful show for us.
Love.
Sister selfie.