Hey Cow..I am not that afraid of you. (Shout out to Jake Edelstein!)

Yes, that is a gross cow tongue yet she almost touched it. She had a great time at the barn behind my parent's place. "Moo" was said every time she saw a cow. Which was really cute.

Hi cow! .....

The obligatory pitch fork/hay pile picture.....

Grandma (or Bamma as she is now officially called), was great for a whole two weeks. She came down the week before and bonded with Lily, then drove up with us to Chateaugay, NY. Having her in the car for a 12 hour drive was much better than the drive down without her. Thanks Bamma!

Lily for Show and Tell!

So we surprised Anson at his Kindergarten class which was so cute! Here are some videos from it.
(By the way, the funny part about the first video is that Anson's teacher says.."Remember I said we were going to have a special visitor today? Well who is our special visitor?" Anson said "Who?" Umm, it's Lily! Ha ha. )

New word: Funny, our best recording.

Yes, we are obviously trying to put together the word "funny" with "Mama" but are yet to accomplish. Anyway, new words this week are Funny, Happy and Elmo. The last being the most annoying.

We introduced Sesame Street this week to Lily. This may have been a mistake as she repeats "Elmo" as much as she said "Dada" and "Mama" repeatedly. It seems that Mr. Elmo had now replaced us both. Anyway, we all learn our lessons as parents. What is it? Note sure. We think that Sesame Street is the best television around compared to Barney or any other crap. BUT, we really do not want a complete addict, which is obvious what we have created....

We just started letting her watch Sesame Street last week for one episode. NOW, almost every time she is in the living room, she points at the tv and WHINES....loudly, pointing at the tv. Then, when I do not comply, she walks over to get the remote and hands it to me then grabs my hand and walks me to the tv. When that doesn't work, she grabs her Elmo book with the remote and hands it to me all the while taking my hand and walking me to the tv. Obviously, taking her out of the house helps. Of course, as soon as we pull up to the house, she says "Elmo"? Elmo?" with the question intonation in her voice which is what I was trying to video tape. Luckily I got "funny." God helps us all.

A museum (per usual) on a Saturday.

Our day with Skip!

We went to the Corcoran Museum and saw Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power exhibition. A photographer who took silver gelatin photo portraits of people of importance such as activists, artists, politicians, world leaders and everyday folk. Listen to me, or go the website: http://www.corcoran.org/avedon/

Lily did ok for a good 45 minutes. Then it was clear that she wasn't as eager to see pictures of the NYC chapter Black Panther leader and the Chicago Seven, so Mommy and Lily went across the street .
Looking as monumental as the monument Lily was actually listening to a plane flying overhead.



Happy Fall Tree Hugger! (with the Washington Monument in the back)Then we went to have a very early dinner at Pain Quotidian which has a communal large table where you can order tartines, great soups, mezza platters and everything organic, delicious and at a table with other people. It's a bit like this..." yes..hello other new people, welcome to dinner with Lily! Perhaps she is a bit more impatient than you and does not communicate her feelings verbally as much as we would all like BUT look at those cheeks!!?" But the food is scrumptious (a new Sesame Street "Word on the Street.")

November 1st--WINTER STAY AWAY!

Puppies!

70 degrees on the first day of November. Despite the Chil'rens book fair at the Kennedy Center going on, we decided to have a picnic at the Mall. Turns out, Cara and Maura were taking Sally and Bones , respectively, on a Mall walk. So yeah, Lily got to talk with the crew by saying "ruff ruff" over and over and more fun...
The first recorded kiss from Lily goes to Maura! The only one NOT asking for it. Fine, jealousy put aside, its cute. ....
And is Cara seriously trying to help Lily beat Mama!?!?!?! No, not ever. Dada reads a story.....