Its been a while since our last post. Grammie came for a short, but fantastic visit and we took our first camping trip of the season. We've spent a lot of weekends at the zoo and took a great trip to Portsmouth, NH with Grammie where Davis and Mom spent a lot of time with watercolors at a lilac festival.
Here are a few select pictures and videos. More are available on Picasa or YouTube.
Showing off our Tiger impressions at the Franklin Park Zoo.
We had a fantastic day today. After a solid week of rain and gray, we finally had a nice day Saturday and were hoping for a repeat today and planned a big day out. After some great homemade french toast, we went to the Arnold Arboretum for the first time in two years with the plan for Davis to ride his new Scoot around the wide paths while we enjoyed a walk and the flowers. Davis wasn't interested in his bike, but he was interested in his truck book and running through the grass which he got his fill of. After 1.25 miles (I was tracking it) in 80 minutes we headed to JP for a snack then to the Franklin Park Zoo. We had a great time at the zoo. We fed the Budgies, took a train ride, rode the carousel, "drove" the tracker, slide down the slide and saw a lot of animals (lions, tigers, gorillas, ostrich, zebra, and peacock were highlights for us). Davis had a great time and was quite exhausted by the end of the day.
Kristen and I have not been very good about blogging or taking pictures and videos recently. I did take a few last week and here is a sample.
We've been just a little too busy to keep the blog up at the moment, but Davis is a ton of fun. He has said a few sentences and continues his fascination with trucks, trains, planes and firetrucks. He has also been pushing the boundaries a little bit.
Anyway, here are a few pictures and videos from the last couple of weeks. There are more on YouTube and Picasa.
Playing soccer in the house.
Playing soccer in the house. Trying to draw a penalty I'm sure.
We haven't had a lot of time to keep the blog updated recently, but I've still been trying to take pictures and videos of the growing toddler. Here are a few selections from the last two weeks. There are more on my picasa albums and my YouTube channel.
We've been having a lot of fun playing with dirt in the yard. Sometimes it even goes in a pot for planting.
Davis and I had a good time at Robbins Farm Park this morning. We played in the sand, went down a lot of slides and enjoyed some fantastic spring weather.
I took a bunch of videos at Spy Pond with my "Phone" last week:
I forgot one cool thing from the Patriot's Day Parade early today. As the parade wound down, we started walking back and ended up walking at the same pace as a brass band. I was carrying Davis on my shoulders at the time and he started drumming on my head to the music. Kristen got a quick video with my phone. Sorry if you notice quality issues, Kristen was trying to steer the stroller, take a video, keep me from tripping and trying not to laugh too hard.
Today we had our friends Brian and Clara over for lunch with their 19 month old Emily. After the kids played and we all had lunch, we headed over to mass ave for the Arlington Patriots Day Parade. We caught the last bit of the parade last year, and with Davis' intense interest in all things trucks and fire trucks, I was keeping a close eye on the town mailing list for the parade this year.
The parade got off to a late start, but the kids didn't seem to mind as there were rocks and other kids to entertain them while we waited. After about a 45 minute delay to the start, we were rewarded with a lot of firetrucks, shriners, bands and other parade goers including live musket fire. Davis had a good time waving to all the cars and trucks and quickly learned how to pick up the thrown candy.
I took some pictures and a video of the firetrucks for Davis to watch later. The only downside to the parade was Davis had a very late, and short, nap that we are currently paying the price for with a very upset little guy. He seems to have calmed down after an hour and is finally having his dinner.
Facing into the wind.
Clara, Brian, Emily, Kristen and Davis waiting for the start
Waiting very patiently
Cool Shades
I loved his hair in the wind.
I loved his hair in the wind.
Waving to a truck (or something).
Here is the firetruck video (just trucks, no frames of Davis or Kristen):
Saturday evening, we took Davis to Abel and Sarah's wedding. The wedding started at 5:30 and we were concerned Davis would either a) not last for the whole wedding b) break down during the ceremony c) break something in the Concord Art Association d) not have fun. Our fears were totally unfounded, Davis did great during the ceremony, lasted until 9:30 and had a ton of fun. The only incident during the ceremony occurred when Davis was on Kristen's lap and suddenly said "My Seat" and pointed at his empty chair. Other than that, the rest of the time he was quiet. It probably helped that it was a lot of unfamiliar people in an unfamiliar place -- it seems to take him a little while to warm up to new situations and places and he tends to be very quiet while he warms up. I didn't take a lot of pictures, but I took a couple and a couple of videos.
Waiting for the ceremony to start
After the ceremony
Davis and Mommy
Davis really liked my friend John, he asked to be picked up a few times.
These two videos are from where the ceremony was held. The reception was upstairs from this room, so this ended up being a great place to bring Davis to run around and play for a little bit.
We really enjoyed the wedding. Sarah and Abel's happiness was very contagious and we had a great time catching up with old friends, making new ones and enjoying time with Davis in a new setting.
