Flashback Friday

Waiting in line to see Santa, December 2008. Ish was just about 3 months old. He was ok with Santa that year. The next year, not so much. Let's hope for good things this year! Get ready Santa!!

Wordless Wednesday: Heaven

Summer Vacation

We drove up to Lake George on Friday for a nice 3-day-weekend and we hit the ground running. Literally. Here's Ish tearing away from Mamma and Pop Pop at The Magic Forest park.
Ish enjoyed exploring the oddities at the park (odd to him - not so much to the rest of us - I mean who hasn't seen a 7-foot snowman before?)
There was a crooked house that made us all dizzy. I'm actually a little dizzy looking at this picture.
Ish took his first solo ride at the park. He here is right before the boat took off - he dropped the rope and was on the verge of tears for most of the ride. It was his first and last solo.
The train ride was more Ish's speed.
He was drawn to the Snow White exhibit. Something about those princesses...
We made some wishes while at the park.
And got in some good photo ops.
The park activity wore Ish out and he fell asleep (Ish style) while we walked through town that afternoon.
Once we got back to the hotel later in the day, it was pool time.
Ish is quite the little water bug.
We hit the outlets on Saturday - being the non-shopper he is, Ish entertained himself outside with his trains while I stocked up on his fall/winter clothes.
One outlet mall had a cute little ride that Ish was comforable going solo on. He kept calling Snoopy "puppy" and kissed him goodbye when the ride was over.
Saturday afternoon we hit the town again and Ish enjoyed the largest small cup of ice cream I ever saw (with sprinkles!).
We certainly packed a lot into the 3 days and Ish was worn out on the way home today.
See you next year Lake George!!!

Before & After

Just yesterday the large dirt patch in our side yard looked like this:

Today, thanks to an early birthday gift from our daycare providers (aka my mom and dad) it looks like this:

This is The Willowdale from Toys R Us. Complete with a little one-bedroom condo.

It has a neat little picnic area where snacks of the Goldfish variety can be enjoyed.

Some pretty cool swinging options:

And let's not forget the most important, most fun part - the curly slide!

Thanks Grandma and Pop Pop!!

Wordless Wednesday: Playground Fun

Shadow Box

Hey, who's that skinny kid walking next to me??

Friday Flashback

January 2009.

He fell asleep while jumping like a maniac in his Rain Forest Jumperoo.

Because he didn't want to nap.

Because he was just as stubborn about napping at 4 months old as he is now at almost 2.

Banana.