Blink!

Recently, I got a flash for my camera. I don't know what the heck I'm doing with it, so occasionally, I experiment. Cole is a willing participant because he likes that the flash beeps when it recycles. Cole likes beeps. Here are some flash photos of Cole being a giant ham.

Wait, we have a blog?

Hello there, blog! Haven't seen you in a while! What's it been, like a month and a half? I don't even know.

We've been busy! Everyone's been sick, and everyone's been well, and Cole has been enjoying school, and I've been working too hard, and now I'm on vacation, and we've been preparing the house for the cold weather, and I've been practicing my run-on sentence construction.

First, we just got insulation blown into our walls. It was pretty cool. This is how they did it:



Like 10 years ago, we went to a zoo in November with some friends, where Cole was more fascinated with pictures of himself than the resident animals, 'natch.



He did enjoy hanging out with his new friend Addison though.





They seemed to enjoy looking for birds in the birdarium the most.





And the birds enjoyed looking back at them, too.



Cole has continued to do a great job of enticing us to go out for walks regardless of the weather. Cold rain? Pshaw! Sliding around on icy marshland in the rain is FUN!



But it's also very serious. Don't forget that.



Cole got ahold of our matter multiplier and managed to duplicate himself 3 times before we could turn it off.



He gets into everything! He's even learning how to get up on the counters.



Might be a problem one of these days.

Cole's daycare has an annual holiday singalong recital performance thing. It is awesome. Here is some video of the event:



There is an extended 10 minute remix, but I am not allowed to show footage of the other kids on public internets. If you want to see the private video you'll have to friend me on YouTube and then I'll have to send you an invite. It's quite complicated. But you get the gist of it; the kids started singing, and Cole was like "no thanks!"

Also, Cole finally got another haircut. He had been blinking a lot so we were wondering if he had an eye problem, but then we realized that it was just his bangs poking him in the eye all the time. SNIP!



We like his hair mussy and long but we also think he looks handsome with his little boy cut.



Especially when he has a constant runny nose. It's a great look for kids in the winter. Speaking of runny noses, last night (Christmas Eve!) we went out for a chilly walk downtown to enjoy the lights in the Public Gardens.



It was gorgeous. And then we saw the lights over on Comm. Ave. Incredible!



We goofed around there for a little while, taking out of focus pictures.





And then headed back to the Gardens to see if the indigenous Tiny Snowmen were out playing. We were in luck! We found one!



So cute!!



WHOA! What did the tiny snowman ever do to you? Jeez. We're going to have to work on how Cole responds to competition in the "cute" department.

Then we headed back to the car, enjoying the lights as we went. Cole really digs the sparklies.











Anyway, we finished the evening with a self portrait. Kate is wicked pretty, and that's a fact.

Rocktober

We were so busy rockin' in October that we neglected to blog for the whole month? Jeez. Time flies when you're two. That's right, a little someone in our family turned TWO years old on October 13th. I mean, it's kind of a fake ID type two, but if the drinking age were two, he could totally be at the bar knocking back brewskis with the big kids.

Speaking of big kids, Cole started school! He goes to Newton North High School (his dad's alma mater, go Tigers, rawr!). He's very advanced, totally acing trigonometry and bio-chem, flirting with the frosh girls on Main Street, the usual. OK, maybe that's a slight exaggeration. But his little classroom is in the new fancy shmancy high school building, so posh. It's a great program, and he LOVES it. We can't take pictures at school, but we can show you his supercool new backpack:



In other news, we celebrated Halloween, BOO! Hey Cole, what were you for Halloween...?



Oh, my kicks? Converse High Tops, classic.



Did you want to take a closer look? I'll help



Candy? Yes please! NOM NOM NOM



It's fall in New England, so we're getting our last licks of outside activities. We go for walks at the Arboretum in JP





And visit Drumlin Farm in Lincoln



Hay, what are you doing here?


We saw some supercute lop eared goats


And learned all about ducklings, very educational.


Then we had to leave...Did someone say leaves?!?!?





Bye!

Oh, side note. Today Cole took a spill on the sidewalk and got some roadrash on his face. It's sad and cute.

Touch A Truck. Sounds Weird, Is Awesome.

Today we went to this event at Newton South High School called Touch a Truck. Last year when we saw the signs, we lacked the perspective of the parents of a toddler, so we just thought it sounded funny. Touch a Truck? Silly. But this year we couldn't wait to go. Let's poke trucks! We figured Cole would really enjoy it.



We were right.

Look at the trucks!





I will touch them.



Poke.



This is the best thing EVER!





This looks familiar...



Trucks plus ramps equals FUN!



Side note: do you like my new haircut? (Nice truck!)



Hey, this micro truck is just my size!!



Trucks. They make me feel so safe.





Hemispherical mirrors make animal crackers taste better!



To see the full set of photos, click here to check out the Flickr gallery.