New York City

We had a fabu time in NYC this weekend! Jorge was at the comic con while Joli, Jada and I stayed at Grammy and Pop's place. We met up with tons of friends from college, grad school, and a few of our former schools - thanks for coming out and supporting, everyone!

Here are some of the fun highlights of the weekend:

Jada took her first of many subway rides. She was super sassy - she kept wanting to stand in the middle and not hold on to anything. The best part was this: (Liza) "Jada, you have to hold on to the pole or you're going to fall. Seriously. Jada. Hold on to the pole!" (Jada) "NO!" (Joli - whispering under her breath) "Well, then, have a nice fall, Jada."

Some special Mommy-time on the ferris wheel at Toys R Us

We completely surprised Jorge at the Comic Con with the girls. We kept telling him it was just Pedro and me coming in and that we could only stay for an hour or so. We worked it out with some of his colleagues and arrived undetected. Unfortunately, Jorge was in the lobby chillin' on the phone. We had to duck behind these crazy poles - Joli was hiding behind a trash bin just so Jorge wouldn't see us. But, thanks to the bright green "VEGA" jacket that Pedro was wearing, he spotted us. Well, at first, he just spotted me and Pedro... then the girls jumped out to surprised him! He was so excited!!

Hanging out at the Platinum Studios booth

Jorge helped out our former student, Luis, with a documentary project on artists of color.
Pedro and Jorge representing the Buffalo Soldier shirts
In Toys R Us, I actually "lost" Jada for about 10 seconds... I turned the corner and found her dancing on the Dance Dance Revolution game. Hilarious! Oh, and see that shark in her hand, I was going to let her buy it, until she smacked me in the face with it when I tried to get her to LEAVE that game.... no, Jada. No.
Hey! Jada's as big as New York City!
First subway ride for Jada - thanks to Uncle Ped who helped me wrangle the girls to the city!