If We Were Kids, We'd Be On Vacation

I'll start by apologizing for the ten billion photos in this post. Sorry!

Since my parents have been here we've spent a lot of time doing fun things! They've babysat for Cole a number of times, and we're having good dinners together and generally having a lovely relaxing visit. Walks, food, smiles and giggles. What more could you want? And Cole has totally taken to Mom and Dad; he thinks they're great fun.



The other night, we went out to Bukowski's in Boston to hang out with our newly discovered super awesome groovy fun cousins, Abby and Glenn.









Hi mom!



Eventually mom and dad had to go while Abby, Glenn and I killed some snacks.
Bye dad!



This has nothing to do with anything, but these photos are cute.





I see you!



Also cute and apropos of nothing, we made a video:



Last weekend, Kate, Cole and I went to a place I used to go when I was a kid. It's called "The Cove" (at least in local vernacular) and it used to have really dangerous playthings for kids to climb on, fall off of, and get splinters from. But now it's all modern and safe and crap. Still awesome though! Check out the view:



Cole totally got into the water and enjoyed wading and splashing.



Kate helped him really get into it.







Check out Cole's face. RAAWR!!!!



This is my favorite picture ever. Such fun!!



Then Kate got behind the lens and took this beautiful shot:



And Cole got excited about the world's shortest slide:



Then the Geese arrived.



We tried to pet them.



They had other ideas.



And with that we packed up and went back home to get some lunch 'cause it was getting HOT! And we were hungry. Bye Cove!



That's all for now. I'll leave you with some shots of some crazy clouds from the other day.

Yay Pride!

We went to the Gay Pride parade in Boston this weekend! It was such fun. Good energy, wonderful sights and sounds, and some rain. We think it's important that Cole is exposed to as much awesome stuff as possible, so we figured this would be a good event. Plus; who doesn't love a parade! I took a bunch of pictures which are all at flickr, but here's some highlights:

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

It is, as they say here in beantown, summatime. All sorts of fun and frolic is afoot. Speaking of feet, our little guy needed some new kicks for the season. Of course, we took him straight to the sensible shoe store, to get the recommended pediatric orthopedic ergonomic organic baby einstein type footwear. The selection was, in a word, "eh."

We were looking for something special, something cool for the hot summer fun ahead. And then, Cole spied, with his little eye, the best shoes ever!

Behold - Baby's first flip flops! With monkeys on them! Adorable much?



Jealous? Me too.

OK, so, they do have an additional strap (flup?), sort of a flip flop training wheel, for beginners. Cut the kid some slack, he just started walking, he doesn't need to add any extra credit difficulty points just yet.



What's great about flip flops, is that they go with just about everything. Like for example a cargo shorts and a dinosaur camo ensemble?



Cole's strutting his stuff on the catwalk.



Seeing as how flip flops are practically the Stein family crest, this is kind of a big deal. Thanks uncle John, for being such a good role model.

Sometimes Water Just Falls From the Sky

The other day it rained like crazy. Kate and Cole braved the storm and enjoyed the downfall.

At first Cole was curious.



And Kate was just sitting there under the cover of the front "porch."



But then they just jumped in and got drenched. Despite the look on his face in this picture, he was really enjoying it.



See? He loved it.







But then we had to come inside and towel off 'cause it was getting CHILLY.



After which Cole ran directly to the mirror and proceeded to check himself out. Hi, handsome!



That's all I can remember from that day.