New York, June 09

I love New York. It is such a great town. We arrived Wednesday night, way too late, and on Thursday afternoon went to the last hour of the last day (before summer break) of Blue School with Trinity. The kids and teachers greeted her with joy and excitement.

One of the children, Charles was having his birthday party that afternoon so we gate crashed the party, which happened to be one of the most amazing birthday parties I have ever been too.

Held in a photographic studio on the waters edge, there was soccer, t-shirt painting, floating balloons, dress-ups, plays, dancing and great food. What an entry to New York. I connected with the mothers, arranged some play dates, drank some champagne. Such hard work.

I feel very blessed to be part of the blue school community, the parents are open hearted and welcoming to us, the kids are bold and creative and it feels like coming home in many ways. Trinity fits right in. David is on the board of the school and contributes the latest neuroscience to the curriculum. See the Time magazine video here.

We are also blessed to stay with the Cloud Levine household in NYC. They open their space to us, and allow us to be as chaotic as we are! We have common ground in growing businesses, and similar values in improving our world. Jaime runs sustainability training for K-12 teachers across the US, and David is a sustainable chemical composition guy, who lobbies the government about recycling materials, makes jars out of corn and other fantastical things.

Other big news is that Trinity has two new teeth coming up in front at the bottom. Unfortunately the two teeth already there need to make way, so we are waiting with baited breath for the tooth fairy to arrive for the first time.