Batman came to visit

Tushie!

Here's what you get when you allow the boy to dress himself :)

Picture time!

Playing with our TinkerToys

We went to the aquarium last week

We always check on the Seahorsies for our Aunt Bee, cause she loves them

Took a walk on the boardwalk

Checked everything out

The sea otters were out today!

Dylan walked up the stairs and over the "bridge"

Saw the steep slide

And walked back down the bridge

Then we dug for dinosaurs

And sifted sand

Chilled out with the monkeys

There he is!

Why'd he leave?

Checking out the reptiles

Our new favorite fish, the Yellow Tang (top back left)

We even went to the Sea Lion Show

We danced to the music before the show

And took pictures

And danced some more

Then Bunker came out to say hi.

Then we looked at the Sea Stars (Dylan even pet one at the touch tank!)

And we saw the sharks

 Then it was time to leave, so we went home and played with our favorite toys.

James

and Percy

The next day we went to New York City. We went to see Uncle Matthew for the afternoon. After that, we went to Grandma & Zayde's apartment and played with lots of new family members, and some not so new ones. We had a BLAST the whole day.

Dylan LOVED the balcony

He and Uncle Matt spent lots of time there together

They he gave the kids their birthday presents! It included a tub toy TRAIN!!!!

Josephine is likely to take whatever she likes - be it a hat, or wheat thins.

But you can't deny it, the hat is ADORABLE

Then they did some flying

Dylan went up to Matt's loft space

But decided downstairs was better

Then they all jumped together.

We got to see Doug and cousin Clayton at night! Uncle Andrew was there, too. Lots of people! We had so much fun.

Doug, showing Dylan how to play the ABC's on the piano

And no post would be complete without a grand finale!

New video!

Here is a very non-dramatic reading of Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

Best viewed in YouTube at this link: http://youtu.be/fNGzmIolspI

Full screen recommended!

Random photos/videos

Dylan wanted to cook on the big stove

Out to eat in Williamsburg

Williamsburg swings

A little rolling around before Jamie's Bat mitzvah

Reading with Renee

Trying my Radio Flyer trike from Uncle Matt, Grandma & Dale!

We got a scooter, too!

Our neighbors Shaun and Riley gave us their old quad!

Relaxing in the Ames-style chair

New car gets new stickers!

Mommy and Aunt Bee made an Apple Pie with the apples we picked

We went to Mitchell & Gregory's house for a play date!

And some videos..

Here we are playing our "guitars"

Riding the scooter...

Here is Josephine on a roller coaster at Mitchell & Gregory's house

And Dylan on the roller coaster

And Dylan, showing us a picture. Make sure your sound is up high for this one! It's not a great sound quality!

Yep, that's right. Dylan was showing you a picture of "Grandpa David." He ran around at the Pancreatic Cancer walk screaming "GRANDPA DAVID!!" - he knew why we were there!

Rearranging..

Meanwhile, Dylan decided to do a little rearranging of the bedroom...

Lily & Asher's Birthday Bash!

We went to our friends Lily & Asher'ms birthday party yesterday at a place called My Gym and - IT. WAS. SO. FUN! Dylan loved everything - but especially the ball pit and baby zip line!