Nora turns one!

Nora is one of Koby's first friends. Nora's mom and I were in prenatal yoga class together. Pre-babies, we used to go to dinner together after class - when Nora was born, she joined us for dinner also! Now we see each other for trips to the park, play dates and just Sunday afternoon. So, imagine our shock when we received her birthday party invitation. "She can't be one," we exclaimed! But she is and what a party to celebrate!

We just had to get a family shot of all of us:
Our backyard is looking really great! Koby is having a good time playing out there with his magic wand - it's like he's willing the flowers to come up!

for other fun springtime pictures, click on the picture below.

April 2008

another zoo visit!

I had another great visit to the zoo this week. Savta and Aunt Lauren took me and we had a blast. During lunch, I saw my friend Nadav and his mom Hila. Fortunately, Aunt Lauren recongized them also, and they joined us for the rest of the day. Here are some fun pictures to enjoy.

xo, Koby

springtime zoo

Earth day 2008 AKA Election Day

We all know that it's earth day every day and election day only once every few years, but Briar Bush celebrated with quite a number of festivities over the weekend. We just had to go and give a shout out to Mark!

Koby had a great time. He was outdoors for most of the morning. He was clad in a great big sun hat - which he has figured out how to pull off, of course. He still got quite a bit of sun. The weather was beautiful. 70 degrees and sunny, and with no leaves on the trees, it became a little too sunny for the little guy.

Koby had a great time watching the animals and talking with the birds. The picture of him at the gate is right outside the turtle / tortoise enclosure. Quite fun!

Thanks for being good stewards for the planet for our son.

Earth Day at Briar Bush 2008

Passover 2008!

Passover is this week. We celebrated first seder at Aunt Do and Joes, and second seder at Cousins Pam and Doug's house. Lots of photos to share! Click on the photographs to see more from that night.

Passover at Aunt Do and Joe's

Passover at Pam and Doug's

Lots and Lots of Pictures

We've been quite busy. Koby's been babbling up a storm - lots of dadadadadadas and a couple of uh-ohs. Yes, seriously. Maani has a new job at The Franklin Institute (come visit!) and Mark has been doing lots of driving to Koby's new daycare site. We are eagerly awaiting Koby's day care's return to Mt. Airy in June. Did we mention that it's a three block walk??

And, of course, we have been celebrating the arrival of Koby's newest first cousins - Chloe Jane and Caroline Cornelia. Welcome girls!!

In lieu of our wonderful stories, here are some pictures (click on the picture to see the entire album):

Wintertime Koby

March 2008