Go, Mr. Exer-saucer, Go! - Redux

About three weeks ago, Alex's Pop-pop snapped a picture of the little guy in full exer-saucer action. Well here's a second version... even more alert and stable than last time.

Check it out.

Five-finger swallow

In these pictures, Granny Peggy is bearing witness to two of the many routines around the Alex world. For example, one of his hallmarks is his attempt to stuff his whole fist into his mouth. If only it were so easy. He gets about half of it in, but seems determined to wedge the rest in somehow.

Second in the list of examples is his unexplained ho-hum response to hugs. While sometimes, he treats hugs with much eagerness and pleasure, sometimes, even his closest folks fail to elicit much more than a shoulder shrug.

Rice balls and roasted artichokes

Probably the culinary highlight of grandparents' weekend is the Saturday afternoon trip to the neighborhood Sicilian foccaciaria, Ferdinando's. It's a restaurant that has served the neighborhood's needs for rice balls and roasted artichokes for over a hundred years, and the pickings are pretty fabulous. Little did we know from previous visits, though, that they have a pleasant back yard dining space--which was a perfect alfresco spot for a table for seven.

Grandparents' Weekend: All camps represented

This past weekend marked the invasion of the proud grand-parents. They came from Philadelphia and from Milwaukee to say-hay to Alex and to take a tour of Brooklyn (and the house project we are marketing).

It was an amazing weekend, with good food and drink of adult varieties and baby varieties alike.

Beach Bums

The Cyclone, the Boardwalk, the Parachute drop and Nathan's Famous provided the setting for our big day out to Coney Island on Sunday.

Our older generation was impressed with the legacy of the place (including the taste of the hotdogs), and our youngest member was just impressed with the sun and sand.