Queens-gantry state plaza and five pointz (x2)

okay, so this post is sort of a photo dump.  but it can't be helped.  five pointz and gantry state plaza are a photo mecca.  gantry state plaza is right across the river from the city.  the gigantic pepsi sign is lefotver from when the area was a bottling plant for pepsi.  the neighborhood is up and coming-the apartments are brand new and gorgeous-but there's not much else there.  lots of big empty factory buildings.  but if you walk a few blocks into queens, you'll find five pointz (well you used to find it-it's since been demolished!  a travesty). five pointz was the graffiti mecca of the city.  it was abandoned buildings that had been converted into a makeshift graffiti museum.  artists could pay $15 to add their own art to anywhere they could get to.  it makes for a fun and colorful photo op-plus a great way to talk to the kids about colors.  i mean, what could be more fun than learning about colors through vivid and exciting larger than life paintings?  first time we went wasn't enough-so we popped in a second time to make sure we saw five pointz one more time before it was demolished (lucky for us-we made it in time.  it was painted over and destroyed only 1 day after we went!  they are demolishing the buildings to make way for more brand new apartment buildings.)

harper is the cutest little girl.

gantry state park-running around wild!

city skyline

those kids were all born in february.  and such little crazy kiddos!  so cute.

he looks like a model.  cutie.

he's on the move! always.

me and the two kiddos.  ha!  not easy trying to juggle them both.

SECOND TIME AROUND...

running with charles and clyde.  what a cute bunch.

hugo's favorite artist-van gogh! (ohk, it may be the only one he knows)

hugo's little friend serafina.  sweet girl.

kissing brothers.  

the crew the second time around.  check out that fun wall of graffitti.

these boys.  camo pants!  green moccasins! they kill me.