Wet Weekend

July 19-20: It was REALLY hot in NYC this weekend, so we decided to do as many water-related events as possible! On Saturday, we headed to the Red Hook public pool. Despite some problems opening the pool in the first place (that great city-government bureaucracy), it was amazing. Huge, clean, and SO cool and refreshing. We all loved it. Plus, we got to hang with our friends Harper, Shannon and Aaron, which is always fun. In the afternoon we headed to Ruby, Steph and Brad's for a BBQ. Of course, the kids jumped and splashed in the kiddie pool while the rest of us enjoyed some burgers and hot dogs in the shade (and who could forget that blueberry pie? YUM!). Sunday we headed to some of our favorite local sprinklers, and Gabe loved running in and out of the water at Chapin Park. We ended the day with a uniquely (we think) NYC event: playing in the fire hydrant water! Someone opened one of the hydrants on Montague and it was really fun. We ran into Ruby there, and she showed Gabe the ropes. As you can (sort of) see here, he loved it. If you can't hear, that's him saying "I'm getting SO wet!"