Valentine's Cake

Henry and I made this delicious raspberry chocolate cake for Bryan for Valentine's Day. We had a lot of fun making it and are still enjoying eating it!

Aha! A blog!

Hi everyone! Happy New Year. I've neglected Henry's blog for w a y too long, so I'm going to try to catch up with everything that has been going on in the Harmon/Street household since autumn last year. Are you ready? Sitting comfortably? Well....let's begin... Just click through the entries below and I'll take you to North Carolina, Rome, Tuscany, Brooklyn and back.

Granny Googie

"Granny Googie" came to visit us in early January. Her visits are always special and Henry had a lot of fun. While I was at work, they were out in Brooklyn at the museum, local cafes and library. We hope to see her again very soon!

Museum Madness

One of our New Year's resolutions was to do more in the city with Henry - basically, take more advantage of everything that New York City has to offer tots. In January, we went to Moma, the Natural History Museum and a local puppet show. Luckily, we can get in free to most places if Bryan comes with us so we plan to do a lot more throughout the year!

Henry posing at Moma.

At the Natural History Museum, excavating dinosaur bones.

Merry Christmas!

Park Slope, Brooklyn close to our apartment. Covered in snow.

Henry opening his stocking on Christmas morning. Delighted by the cow.

Henry dressed in 70s gear can't wait to open more presents.

Larry and Jane outside Macys department store, midtown Manhattan. They enjoyed a day with Henry and Bryan in the city looking at the tree in Rockefeller Center and the Christmas Eve mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral where Henry walked with a group of children to put baby Jesus in the manger.

Snow in Brooklyn

We got about 12 inches of snow the weekend before Christmas. We went along to Prospect Park to join the rest of the sledders. Henry had a lot of fun - for a while - before he got really cold and wanted to go home for hot chocolate!

Happy 60th Birthday!

This is the house my parents rented for my dad's 60th birthday. We all flew over to Italy and stayed here for a week in the Chianti region about 45 minutes south of Florence. We loved, loved, loved the house with its beautiful terraces and gardens in the heart of the tiny village of Lamole. The boys got along really well and we enjoyed all the babysitters too!

A local vineyard.

On the terrace.

Most evenings, we cooked big family dinners and finished with a big bonfire in the garden where we roasted chestnuts that had been foraged by Bryan and his helpers during the day.