today we went to the park where they had live entertainment! construction! between exploring the grass and watching the trucks Alexander had a great time!
story time!
Today, Targets everywhere were doing a Dr. Seuss story time. We took Alexander and he had a pretty awesome time! Thanks Abuelita for telling us about this!
the alphabet
a fan of the company leap frog for a long time, I was pretty excited when Alexander received Scout as a birthday (correction, Christmas) gift last year. a talking dog that says your name, sings songs with your name and knows your favorite stuff? how cool is that? so I was pretty darn excited to see they made magnetic letters (which we planned on buying) that are better then normal - they talk! plug one into Scout's dog house and he tells you the sound it makes!
Alexander loves it and is already driving me crazy with the alphabet song it plays - over and over again!
no touchscreen?
brew time!
Alexander helps daddy brew some beer!
skeleton
the other weekend we went to an actual pumpkin patch where you can actually cut your pumpkin off the vine (assuming you get there early enough!) Alexander got dressed up for the occasion!
tailgate
our fierce game faces!
climbing his way to success
i took this video almost a month ago, forgot about it (i have quite a bit of video like that!), but have got it uploaded now. i took this one morning with bad lighting when he was determined to climb the stairs. you can see here he's pretty fast - imagine how much faster he is now. plus he thinks he's some kind of expert and can stop and turn around when he wants. [quicktime]http://dinaandphilip.com/site/media/Media/stairs.m4v[/quicktime]
musical instrumets
I completely forgot to post this last week, but when we visited Arizona, we stopped by the Musical Instrument Museum. From Alexander's point of view the best part was the area where you could get hands-on with some of the instruments. Here he shows true aptitude for the xylophone-style of instrument.
The photo I wish I had was the image of him playing the theramin. I think he may have broken new ground in usability as he exhibited a new technique using his feet. With some practice I'm sure he could really change the face of theramin playing.
let's go!
trick or treat!
yesterday we went and purchased Alexander's Halloween costume! here's a teaser (you'll see the rest in October!):
style
playmat
Alexander loves his new playmat his Grandma made for him! it rocks!
the beach!
climbing 101
maybe mt. everest at age 12?! gotta dream big! crib climbing is where it starts, right?
one on one monkey time
drawings
Lawrence drew this yesterday while Alexander and I were streaming live.
party
last night we went to a surprise party for Dina's uncle. great time was had - including a little bit of dancing to help the progress along. snapped this picture while we were sitting (it's the only one i got clearance to post)
baby registration. day one.
[quicktime]http://dinaandphilip.com/site/wp-content/video/babyregistration.m4v[/quicktime] it's surprising how distracting it can be when filming, comparing the relevant merits of this BPA-free toy vs that BPA-free toy...
play ball!
Blueberry visited his first ballpark. He probably won't remember, so we made sure we had a picture to show him!
