We moved full time to New York in the middle of February, in time to see the last snow of a harsh winter. The excitement of being in a lovely warm apartment and seeing big fluffy flakes coming down made us all squeal and jump around with excitement.
It was a tough entry to New York t
his time as we did not go to our usual home away from home at the Clouds on Wooster St in Soho. Instead we sublet a fellow Aussie's apartment for two months - a space of our own were we could make noise and wash dishes when we felt like it.
We got the dishes done, however the neighbours downstairs made the girls aware of their heavy footsteps early on so
the noise idea was curtailed.
Going from beautiful, sunny summer in Sydney to winter in New York was too much for Trinity and I. So we both spent some time in bed getting well in the first little while. Luckily we came back to our lovely nanny Sophie (left, with hat), who kindly looked after us all.
We got the chance to go ice skating a couple of times, and Trinity and David went snow boarding for a day in Mountain Creek in New Jersey with Griffin from Wooster St, while India and I focused on cleaning off the snow from all the bicycles in the streets around our apartment.
We found the local parks, and some favourite restaurants (particularly the Indian place, top right with the amazing light show),
and got the girls settled into Blue School full time, a few blocks from our new place in the East Village on 6th Street.
We bought some scooters, and began our training to become a scooter gang. Trinity learned to blow a bubble gum bubble for the first time and India began her obsession with the ultimate mullet cut.
We went snowboarding as a family to Sugarbush resort, Vermont for four days. Late season snow seems to work for us. Another hot tub and more fresh snow and snow boarding.
Trinity has fallen in love with reading and because of the main character in the Percy Jackson series has become enamoured with cheeseburgers.
Fresh from Vermont we went into a big conference in New York and launched our new branding for our company.
We then spent a day on strategic planning for our businesses in North America and Latin America with our regional and global core team and then spent the next day with our North American training team. Ready for another holiday already!
