Ronak's First Trip to the Franklin Park Zoo

Clearly we go to the zoo a lot! Well, it is very close to our house, we have a membership, there is free parking, and Seth and all the other kids love it. But for some reason we hadn't gotten Ronak to the zoo - until today. Ronak came over to motivate us to get dressed and out the door to the zoo. How cute are the boys on the couch and then giving each other hugs!

Ronak seemed to have a great time at the zoo. For the first time we sat in this broken down truck.

Seth and Ronak took turns on the steering wheel.

And look what they were "driving" into... (if you can't tell that is a Lion in the distance).

We spent a lot of time playing on these trains. The boys loved them.

Below is a picture of Sarita and Ronak waving to us while we were taking a snack break.

We had a great day - and we are so excited for more nice weather!

Buzz Lightyear

Uncle Joshy witnessed first hand Seth's growing love for Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story. Seth was happily surprised with an early birthday present from Uncle Joshy.

Buzz Lightyear!!!

Seth was so happy. He has been playing with him nonstop! Thanks Uncle Joshy!!!

Sunday Brunch

Our good friends, Brian (pictured above with Seth), Rebecca, Danny and their son Ben (pictured below with Seth ) stayed with us this weekend. It was so great having them stay with us. We got to show them our house and we took them to the zoo! Seth had so much fun playing with Brian. And Seth was a very sweet boy to Ben - sharing his toys and everything!

We invited the rest of the New York crew who came to town for our party over for brunch today. Seth helped with the baking! Thanks to Brian for bringing bagels.

60th Birthday Party ~ We're Over the Hill Together!!!

Jerald came up with the idea for us to celebrate our 30th birthdays together - in one big party - our 60th Birthday Party. And we pulled it off last night. Jerald got us these cute matching shirts that say "Vintage 1978" We rented out part of a bar for all our friends to gather.

And of course we had to have cupcakes that said "60" on them! We had so much fun celebrating with so many of our friends. Thanks to everyone who was able to make it out. There were many of our avid blog readers in attendance. And as I was running around taking pictures - many people yelled - "hey, is this going to be on the blog? i have never been on blog!" So, I think we got most people in attendance on the blog today.

Here are my LIFTY friends (high school Jewish youth group). Many of them came from New York especially for our party. It meant so much to us to have them make the trip to Boston to celebrate with us. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Top row: Danny, Brian, Me, Carrie, Ben, Deb, Adam, and Suzie

Bottom row: Rebecca, Ethan, and Jess

Mom friends!!!! Kimberly (Joshua's Mom), Sarita (Ronak's Mom), Me (Seth's Mom), Carrie-Ann (Mae's Mom), and Monica (Dylan's Mom). Thanks to the Dad's for babysitting and to Samir for coming out!

Jerald's USY friends (high school Jewish youth group). Mike, Julie, Dave, Jerald, Erica and Mike.

Tina, Drew, Morry, Rachel, Jerald, David and Rachel.

Paul, Sera and Skippy.

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful night!!!

Mommy & Daddy

For ever - Seth has called me "Mama," and Jerald "Dada." A couple of days ago he started calling me "Mommy," and Jerald "Daddy." It is just the cutest thing. Everytime he says it, my heart melts. I will try to get it on video today.

Christine & Kevin's Wedding

Last night we went to Christine & Kevin's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding. We were so happy to celebrate with them! Thanks Nana for babysitting!

It was so great to have most of our law school crowd in town for the celebration!

More pictures...

Sue-Ann, Frank and Colle Visit

Some of our law school friends, Suzanne, Frank and Nicole stayed with us this weekend. It was great having them see our house and spend time with Seth. Seth fell in love with them very fast and crawled right in bed with Sue-Ann and Frank. He got Nicole to play many games of hide-and-go seek with him.

Narration

An example of how Seth narrates everything he does.

Seth's First Pillow!

Jerald has been asking if Seth needed a pillow for quite sometime. Recently, I have noticed Seth putting his head on one of his stuffed animals so tonight Seth is sleeping with a pillow for the first time. Jerald made fun of me that I bought Seth a toddler memory foam pillow - but I think it is worth it!

He was so excited when we took it out of the box. He put his head on it immediately and smiled. Then he got up and put it in his crib. When Jerald put him in bed for the first time with it - he was so happy. Sweet Dreams!

Myles visits

Our good friend from law school, Summer her partner Katherine and their adorable son Myles came to boston last night because we have a wedding this weekend. They stopped by our house for a visit and then we hit the zoo. It was so great meeting Myles and spending time with Katherine and Summer. And Seth always loves going to the Zoo!

Busy Day of Pictures

Seth was really cute today - so I ended up with a bunch of cute pictures. After breakfast Seth relaxed on the couch while watching Elmo and snuggling under the blanket I knit him.

Then we made homemade play dough - green colored! What a great activity. It occupied us for almost 45 minutes. And we could have gone on longer but we needed to meet Ronak at the park.

After the park we ate lunch with Ronak and then headed home for a nap.

After nap time we had a snack - went to the gym and then came home and played with sticks in our yard for about a half an hour.

Seth then ate dinner. When Dad came home the play dough came out again for a while. Then Jerald gave Seth a bath and put him to sleep. Whew! What a day...

Pockets

How cute is Seth with his hands in his fleece pockets?

First Movie

It is official - this afternoon Seth watched his first movie at home, on the couch, with his Mom and Dad. I was pretty shocked that he sat through the whole thing (minus the parts we fast-forwarded through for content reasons). He loved it! Seth cannot stop talking about Buzz Lightyear, Woody and Mr. Ha Ha (Mr. Potato Head). It was really fun watching it with him.

Uncle Joshy and Shir Visit!

Finally, Uncle Joshy and his girlfriend Shir came to visit us in Boston! This was the first time they ever saw our house. It was beyond wonderful having them here. They are both fantastic, warm, funny, smart and loving people. The three of us are lucky to have them in our lives! We had so much fun with them here. Everything became a great big fun game to Seth - here is the "put on Joshy's hat" game.

Seth loves Uncle Joshy and Shir so much - I think the only two words out of his mouth all weekend were "Shir - Josh!"

In the morning we all went to the zoo. Shir took all of these amazing pictures - I didn't even need to take out my camera once. Thanks Shir!

At one point - we came across these three peacocks just walking around - we weren't sure if they escaped or not - so we just stood and admired them and made sure to stay out of their way.

We then spent a bunch of time watching the Gorillas. The Zookeepers gave them Easter baskets filled with food - we all got a kick out of watching them tear them apart.

Thanks for a great weekend Joshy and Shir - come back soon!

Moon Jumper

Happy Purim

We managed to squeeze Seth into his Halloween costume so we all went as a Vampire family. I made the capes during Seth's nap yesterday!

We had so much fun at our temple's Purim celebrations. We started at the carnival where there was food, rides, and arts and crafts. Then Seth and I went to a song session and finally met Jerald for the megillah reading. Seth loved using his noise maker and saying "boo haman." A much better experience then last year - where every time the noise makers went off Seth started crying!

Avenue Q

Tonight was a big night! Jerald, Naomi, Jason, Josh, Sara and I went together to see Avenue Q for the first time. We all had a great time. I thought the show was hilarious, very clever, and a lot of fun. Thanks to Nana for the tickets and the babysitting! This was Nana's first time taking care of Seth and Becca at the same time. Nana did an amazing job, as always!!!

Outside

Cold but sunny today - we made a quick trip to the playground. Of course it is supposed to snow tomorrow!

Raiding the Coat Closet

Cuddle-Up Shabbat

We had a really busy afternoon. Seth and I went to visit his friend Noah. Then we all went to our temple to sing shabbat songs. We then had a yummy dinner. Here is a picture of Noah, Jerald, Seth and Doug walking back from dinner.