Tribeca Family Film Festival, 2010

Surely all of you avid readers of this blog remember me mentioning coming into the city for the Tribeca Film Festival? No? No worries ;) I'm sure you have better things to do.

Trenton, however, DID remember it.
So it is a darn good thing that the weather was nice (even a bit too hot at 90 degrees) and we were able to come in for the day.

The festival itself was AWESOME. Just about everything had a movie or popcorn theme. We enjoyed traditional buttered, cheddar, and chocolate drizzled popcorn. The kids did, too. Lots of freebies. We walked away with DVDs, photographs, organic lollipops, and sweatbands.
Oh, and this 3D PHOTO!

If you had the 3D glasses, you'd be able to see T's tongue sticking out. A very, very nice touch!

Brayden's Montessori preschool was conducting a fundraiser-- Hop for Hope. The kids enjoyed popping bubble wrap and weaving through mazes.

Now THIS maze was built entirely out of cardboard boxes provided by the moving company Moishe's. Too cool. A bit scary, though, as I couldn't see him and there were a dozen kids in it!
With the Road Runner.

Barron and Ollie definitely needed naps and to get out of the sun for awhile. After grabbing lunch and having some 'rest time', we headed back out to Greenwich St. to see other parts of the festival.

Above, a real Chinese dragon! The boys liked hearing the drums, but we didn't get close enough to really see the men in costume.
Below, we did get to see the Pirate's Booty Pirate!
Free eye patch ROCKS!


Yeah, so, we saw Johnny Depp. Kinda.
But we did see Liev Schreiber, his wife Naomi Watts, and their two kids. Poor guy was having to argue with paparazzi as his one-year-old cried in his arms. I'm hoping they got to do SOMETHING without getting pestered, as the kids surely would have loved all there was to do there.


OK this was cool. I don't remember the name of the company that sponsored it, but essentially, it was an imaginative playground concept. All the pieces were made of hard, lightweight foam. And the kids LOVED it.


My little man.
He's started to get a little attitude... Doesn't like it when I tell him "No". Even hit me in the face a few times for doing so! Have to begin laying down the line with him... time-outs usually come into play around this age...

Barron's looking for a way out.

Trenton and Brayden running through the streets on the way home.
Brayden is so city-smart: he tells his mom to stop and look as they approach any driveway or roadway. Trenton had to follow his lead on this day.

Home before dinnertime, with two tired kids.
Thanks for the fun time!