Noa, The Catalog Model

How cool is this?? Sure, we know a guy who knows a guy who works at Vineyard Vines...but STILL!

Noa made her modeling debut in Vineyard Vines' Holiday catalog this year. It'll surprise no one to hear she had a blast at the photo shoot. She was loving the hair and makeup chair, the personal stylist and the requested Little Mermaid soundtrack playing in the background.

What a diva.

Minnie Mouse and a Red Hot Chili Pepper

Could there be a better holiday for a little girl who LOVES to play dress up?? Noa was Minnie Mouse this year, and she certainly played the part. She made Mommy and Daddy pose for pictures with her all afternoon, just like the characters at Disneyland do, something she picked up from our California trip this summer. Noa is already talking about what she's going to be for Hanukkah...apparently we're going to dress up for EVERY holiday! She's also requested that she gets to be Belle next year, from Beauty and the Beast. There was even a suggestion that Mommy dress up as "The Beast", a request that she is trying not to take personally! :)

Little Levin was a red pepper, and he was a sport in that goofy green hat. Daddy couldn't help himself and stuck a little mustache on the kid which had us doubled over in laughter. It had no connection to his costume, but it was hilarious anyway!

Check out some trick or treating pictures below, and also in the Fall Gallery.

Fall is Here!

Where did Summer go? Fall is here and we kicked it off by apple picking with some of our favorite friends. The return of Fall also means back to school. This year Noa is going to a NEW school because we are moving into a NEW house in Armonk! More on that once we move in November.

Check out some classic Fall shots below, and see more in the new album on the right.

Swimming, Swimming in the Swimming Pool

We just got back from an amazing vacation to Newport Beach, California with the whole Lewis family. Noa was a prune from swimming so much! Here are 2 videos of here below, swimming to Mommy and jumping in by herself.

Big Changes

Our heads are spinning over here from all the changes going on in our house lately. Practically overnight, Levin decided to start crawling, sit up on his own & pull himself up to standing, in that order! He must take after his daddy, who walked at 8 months old. Yikes! We have completely missed out on that wonderful "potted plant" phase, where we can sit him down in one place, turn our heads for a minute and expect him to be there when we look again. He's on the move, has no fear and has the bruises to prove it!

Here's a few pics and a video of him pulling himself up. I'll try to get one of him crawling soon and post that, too.

-J

Sanibel May 2010

Great pictures and even better memories from our annual trip to Sanibel in May 2010.

People who made me a mommy...

My favorite people!!

Noa @ 3 Months vs Levin @ 3 Months

The kids definitely look like brother and sister!

Levin at 2 months

Noa always gets the best smiles from her brother.

Spring Has Sprung!

We've been enjoying some unseasonably warm weather here in NY. Check out our new Spring 2010 photo album on the right!

Quarterly Business Review with Papa

"hmmm, how are we going to cut costs AND increase productivity, papa??"




"well this graph here shows that if we slash our wooden food inventory and bring in more mini plastic princesses, we should hit our gross margin goals by EOY 2010"

Levin's Bris and Noa's Naming

On February 2nd, we had a beautiful bris for Levin led by the fabulous Cantor Phil Sherman. We also did a naming for Noa at the same time, because we never had it when she was born 2 years ago. Levin August is named for Jenni's Grandpa Irving Langson (Grandma Susie's dad) and Noa Sloan is named for Jory's Grandma Sylvia Winters (Ama Robin's mom). It was such a special morning, surrounded by wonderful family and friends.

Noa Trains for the 2022 Winter Olympics!

The King and Queen of the Living Room

IT"S A BOY!!!

Welcome to the world Levin August Benerofe!!!

Born January 26, 2010
1:01pm
7bs, 6oz
19 3/4" long

Big Sister Noa has agreed to share her blog with Lev, so make sure to check back with updates and photos on both kids.

xoxo
Jory, Jenni, Noa and Levin


Mommy and Levin right after he was born




Noa meeting her little brother


Noa is so great with Lev!