Sesame Street and more

First up is a video of Brian talking to grandpa on the phone. When grandpa mentions elmo, Brian runs to the TV, but alas! It's not time for sesame street yet.



Since we were snowed in today, with not much to do, we watched sesame street. Brian gets SO excited when it comes on.... I missed the beginning, but you get the idea from his dancing around. He LOVES it!

Sledding

This was our first attempt at sledding this year. Brian really liked going down the hills! And he certainly had more fun than he did last year.

Eating with a fork

This morning Brian first used a fork successfully for eating eggs. Well, mostly successfully. Also, we just noticed 2 new teeth! Molars, so maybe now chewing food will be a little easier.

Some heavy reading

Kickin' it on a Sunday afternoon...

Eager to crack that book open...

Still reading upside down, though.

You'd be surprised how much emotion those board books can elicit...

Uncle Tim's pics

Uncle Tim got a new camera...

Playing on the hippo - he insists on sitting in it even though it's not meant to be sat in.

The blocks that rattle are the best.

Thanksgiving in Delaware

We spent Thanksgiving this year in Delaware with the grandparents - here we all are!

Little buddies

Here's a video of Brian playing with his buddy Nate. Thanks Angela, not only for watching him but also for taking such a cute video!

More halloween pictures

Well, I was trying a new way to post and I guess you can only do 4 pictures at a time. So here is the rest of the trick-or-treat experience...

Hold my bone, please, I need both hands for exploring!

Oooh, a pumpkin!

Look, its top comes off!

Is there anything inside?

Lots of thanks to our neighbors for a fun halloween!

Halloween pictures, belated

We got some halloween pictures today, courtesy of our neighbors, who took pictures while we were trick-or-treating at their house. Thanks Nadine!

Across the street for our first trick-or-treating experience. Bamm-bamm is so excited!

Whoa....

Close-up of the little caveman.

Yay, animal crackers!

A video summary...

...of the past 2 weeks.




This is a movie made up of little videos from the past 2 weeks. It includes a hike in Mendon Ponds park, where you can feed birds right out of your hand (no, I didn't get video of that because I only have so many hands), sharing with Sasha, dancing, trying out the new baby carrier I made (excuse the mess), and eating lunch while watching snow fall (that was today), and then spitting lunch out again. Nothing super special, just some little clips I have taken. It's pretty random. :)

Fall fun

Brian has really enjoyed playing in the fallen leaves. Sadly, we are just about done with leaves; almost all the trees have lost their leaves now after a hard frost 2 nights ago. Soon it will be time for snow fun... although we are not quite ready for that yet!

Brian shows off his halloween candy after we went trick-or-treating. He had a great time!

Just a nice picture

Nothing special, but this week we'll try to get a picture of his Halloween costume.
P.S. We haven't done anything with the pumpkins yet.

Just for fun

Our avid reader can read books even when they're upside down...

Apple picking

We went apple picking today at Green Acre Farms up in Greece.

We got Brian to help out with the apple picking

He got distracted quite easily.

The pumpkins were picked over pretty well, but Brian found lots of fresh dirt to play with. Still, we found a little pumpkin family to take home. Check back next week to see what we do with our pumpkins...

Ducks and ice cream

Last weekend our friend Greg visited, - the weather was great and the fall colors were near peak, so we went to Letchworth State Park and then saw his art on exhibit at RIT. Then on Sunday we went to Pittsford to feed the ducks on the Erie Canal and eat some ice cream.

Brian loves playing in dirt. Here he is playing with dirt in our back yard. We didn't get pictures feeding the ducks, because one of us was doing the feeding and the other was holding on to the squirmy wormy very, very tightly.

Along the canal walk with Mom.

Along the canal walk with Dad.

Yummy ice cream from Bill Wahl's.

A vacation in video

Here are some videos from our trip to California. Brian didn't care much for the plane, but was fascinated by the luggage conveyor belt.



One day we went up to Berkeley and met up with Calvin's friends to have pizza, and Brian got to meet their daughter who is just a little bit younger than him.



And of course, Brian had a great time playing with Ian. Here he is, showing Ian how to be a troublemaker.



We went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and here is Brian's reaction to the giant Kelp forest display:



His favorite display was a wave that crashed overhead, but it scared him every time.



But more than the fish, he liked the otter display the best, with all its buttons and levers.



And the next best things was the Enchanted Kelp Forest, a play area for kids. It had a wavy floor that he would have walked on back and forth, all day long, if we had let him.



And last but not least, we visited the Pacific ocean, so on this one vacation, Brian got to play on both coasts!



We all had a great time! Now it's back to reality for us!

Ian and Brian

They meet again, this time in California :o)

Hey how do we get into these cabinets?

I love you, man!

Past bedtime? No worries, I'm ready to go!

Whap whap whap!

Fun at the beach

We went down to Rehoboth for the day yesterday. Brian, as usual, had a blast playing in the water and the sand, with grandma, grandpa, uncle dale, and great grandma and grandpa (and his mom, of course).

Visiting family

Brian and I are down in Delaware to visit his grandparents, and his great-grandparents and great uncle Dale came to meet him too. Here he's decided not to take a nap and is playing instead, which is so much more fun than sleeping.

New chair

Brian got a new child-sized chair. He likes to sit and read there, at least for a few seconds at a time.

Hiking at Watkins Glen

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Brian goes hiking the easy way and enjoys splashing in the water.

Just a few pictures from the weekend

Mama's pajama pants are the best!

Reading the mail in his "Villa" early Saturday AM

Dad didn't notice how quiet it was in the living room... after forgetting that he left a whole box of tissues on the ottoman!

Just for old times sake...

I'm a lot squirmier, but I smile a lot more compared to last year, and now I can hold the "Happy Birthday" message!

Wanna peach?

We went fruit picking this past weekend. Lots of yummy peaches!

Grandma fed me a whole peach!

And Grandpa walked with me all through the orchard!

Nothing but trouble!!

Hey, what's that big black eye thing? What if I poked it?

Sharing?

Um, no. Not quite.

No fear

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We went to the zoo today and visited Brian's favorite attraction: the polar bear. He got so excited to see it! Then... after a few pets, it's off to see something else.

Best buds

This is Brian's favorite spot. He LOVES Sasha. I don't know if the feeling is mutual, but at the very least, Sasha tolerates him gently and patiently waits for food to come her way.

What happens at dinner without an afternoon nap.

Beach Pics from July

If you enlarge the image you can see sand particles flying as he claps in excitement.

Fearless in the water (with full protection from Grandma's arms of course!)