Solo Ring Around the Rosey

As you all know, Lily loves "Ring around the rosey," or as she calls it, "ashes." (As in ashes ashes we all fall down.) As you may not know, one of her current favorite "games" is to bring in all the toilet paper and paper towels we buy from Costco from the storage room. As some point, these two games merged into a version of ring around the rosey that resembles dizzy bat.

Take one:

The problem here is that she really wants to see the video on the camera screen. So I tried for a while to capture the whole song.

Take seven:

I wear my sunglasses... in the basement.

Toddlers are funny...



And she wasn't actually calling for Jake by the way. Don't want you to think there is a new way to say Daddy.

Apple Picking

Last weekend, we took Lily to pick apples at Homestead Farms. Lily had a great time helping to pick apples, eating apples, seeing the farm animals, and choosing a pumpkin.

"The apples goes in the basket, right?"

"This is the best apple ever!"

"Baa!"

"Animal!"

"My pumpkin, isn't it cute?"

Ryan's Birthday Party

This weekend, Lily went to her friends Ryan's birthday part at My Gym. She had a great time playing the games with the other kids.

"Hattie!"

"This is a neat car, I have a similar one at home"

"Ball!"

Yom Kippur 2009

For Yom Kippur, we headed to NJ to visit Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Dave, and Great Grandma Irene. We had a good time, spent more than an hour in synagogue and were a big hit at break fast, where we charmed the "crowd." Here are some pictures from our weekend:

"This is a fun park!"

"Grandma Irene, your magic chair is the coolest!"

"Uncle Dave, look at this neat Giraffe"

"Mama and Daddee!"

"See Grandma Irene, I told you the Giraffe was tall."

Rosh Hashanah 2009

We were in Pittsburgh for Rosh Hashanah this year and had a good time. Lily ate a ton (okay maybe a quart) of chicken soup and loved seeing Papa and Grammy.

"Mommy!"

"You're a good reader, Aunt Rachel"

"Read more to me, Papa J!"

"Can we come and play at Aunt Shelly's again?"

Maryland Football 2009 (v. JMU)

Yesterday, Maryland pulled out a to close for comfort win against James Madison University. As we did last year, we have season tickets to the Terps. We started the evening tailgating with friends. Lily had a great time walking around the tailgate, and eating strawberries, cheese, and cookies.

"This tailgating is fun! Did we do this last year?"

"Cookie!"

"Dad-dee, these people sure are having fun"

"Maryland isn't playing very well, I'm worried that they might not win!"