Hello everyone! This week proved a memorable one because I got to celebrate our joint birthdays with my dad and witness a huge blizzard!

Having been born on my dad’s birthday, I always felt special growing up. On Weds, my mom and dad drove into the city so that we could celebrate together.

Here’s my dad during his years as the captain of St. John’s University basketball team, in a game at Madison Square Garden! The Harlem Globetrotters were playing there for the first time in a game directly following my dad’s, so the stands were packed with 18,000 fans.

It’s been super chilly so we’ve been coming up with fun things to do at home, and baking with the kids has been a hit in our house! Marielle helped me with this week’s brownies. (You can see Beckett’s feet in the background). Go figure I left them in the oven 20 minutes too long, so they are more cakey than fudgie but the kids still ate them up.

At Fairway Cafe down the street, Marc and I managed to squeeze in a couple’s lunch this week and I had the yummiest peace of lemon meringue pie ever!

That was then, this is now. Here in NYC, we’ve been hit by a huge blizzard and stuck at home for at least a day or two. The streets and the subway are closed, and very few pedestrians rough the streets. Snow in New York is romantic, but also a bit tough to be killing time all day with the 5 kiddos, I must admit. If you have any indoor activities for kids you recommend, please give me a shout!

Sending love from my neck of the woods. Stay warm, and stay cool, and don’t forget to enter our weekly giveaway!

Love,

Melissa xo

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