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Winter 2009

January 2010

Happy Birthday Aunt Alexis!

Koby has been practicing and practicing his birthday present to you. Last night he was a rock star, and there was no better performance than this one! Happy Birthday Aunt Alexis!!

From halloween 2009

Aunt Juju is, well, Aunt Juju....

Koby spends many a Tuesday afternoon with his Aunt Juju (perhaps better known as Aunt Julie to the rest of us), and he cherishes his time with her. They have days with adventures - last week they went to the zoo. And days with lesser adventures - driving around Chestnut Hill listening to Raffi in the car and getting ice cream.

I have not been very good at documenting Koby's wonderful time with Aunt Juju, so I honor her with this post...

Thanks Aunt Juju!

Meme and Grandpa James Visit Philadelphia

Meme and Grandpa James visited Philadelphia this weekend. Despite the rain - all day on Saturday - we still ventured outside for a hike in Wissahickon Park. Sunday was a gorgeous day. We walked to the diner to meet Savta and Jerry, and then played in the park across the street.

Pictures and a video are here:

Meme and Grampa James Visit

lots of pictures

pictures from our last week "downna shore" with cousins and family...

At the Shore - August 2009

and random pictures from Philadelphia and our recent visit to Connecticut, visiting Aunt Jenny, Uncle John, Chloe and Caroline:

October 2009 - Visit to CT

random updates

it's been a while since our last update -- koby is now 2 and 1/4, and very much playing the part of the two-year old.

Some recent conversations / happenings:
1) looking at the picture board of all of Koby's teachers:
Me: "Who's this?
Koby: "Becca"
Me: "Who's this?"
Koby: "Peanut"
Me: "Who's this?"
Koby: "Shira."
Me: "Who's this? She was your teacher over the summer while Becca went back to school. Do you remember who she is?"
Koby: "I just don't remember who that person is."
Seriously. he's 28 mos old. BTW: that person was Rachel (not cousin Rachel, but teacher Rachel)

2) We've been trying to potty train. Not TRYING, but trying. More like talking about it and allowing him to understand what it feels like to go potty. So, one morning this week, we had breakfast and then allowed Koby to be naked in the house. I told him that he could use the potty whenever he wanted to and reminded him where it was. I also set the timer for 30 minutes so that when we heard the timer we would try to use the potty again. Then I ran upstairs for a quick shower. He was alone for maybe 5 minutes, then Mark was downstairs playing. When I came back down, we played more until the timer went off. We walked over to the potty, and it was FULL! He went all by himself when I was in the shower. ahh, the little guy is growing up.

3) We went to Rosh HaShana services today. There are 6 services (and babysitting also) all happening on the high holidays (and I think on most Shabbats as well.) Our service - the tot service - is in a tent on the front yard, and has puppets who play the main characters. They've been learning about the high holidays at school, and I think that they've been talking about how loud the Shofar is. So, whenever Koby hears shofar, he covers his ears. He brought his own shofar to the service today, but when the "real" shofar player came into our tent, Koby covered his ears. Ah, so much for him growing up to be a rabbi.

More stories to come...

Koby's Second Birthday!

Koby's two years old! We celebrated with parties galore. We may have overdone it, as Koby - three days after his last party - continues to ask us to put candles on everything and to sing Happy Birthday. It's a riot! Thanks to everyone who sent their wishes as Koby celebrated this milestone! Here are some pictures from the get-together with friends.

Koby's 2nd Birthday Party