He's got rhythm

Happy Saturday! We spent the morning checking out the "family active room" at our local YMCA. Oh my goodness it is awesome. They have a moon bounce and big foam blocks to climb on and a maze and a ball pit all crammed into a room in the basement with a bunch of elliptical and treadmills for the parents. Noah and Chad played while I worked out and Noah was just adorable, bopping in and out of the ball pit, climbing up on the foam tower, bouncing in the bounce house. Of course he was also surrounded by other people's children, which is why there are no pictures for the blog. I considered it, and decided that "excuse me, you don't know me, but could I take your child's picture and post it to the internet?" wasn't a good way to make friends.

Instead, please enjoy this video, where Noah works on his routine for rhythm gymnastics. Think he can pull it together for the 2012 olympics? Also, is there such a thing as men's rhythm gymnastics?

Wii!

Mima and Oompa got a wii. Fun for boys of all ages.




Playing in the group is much better than trying to go at it alone




Noah needs a bit of practice. Luckily he has Wii sensei Mima, who knows all the secrets to super Mario bros. and never, ever takes the game too seriously. Also, perhaps he needs a wii-mote with batteries that work.




Details, details.

-- posted from the phone

Shake it

Noah would like to show you his Outkast impression.

Beautiful Day

It was beautiful out this weekend (by that I mean 40 degrees and sunny, not bad for February), so we took advantage of the paved, plowed walking path at valley forge.


Noah continues practicing for his future career as a baby model.


Good looking kid, huh?

Fork

From the "oh my god, he can do that?" department:



Apparently he knows how to eat with a fork. I don't think they work on this at day care, so we will just chalk it up to natural genius.

What the frying pan has to say

Don't ask, I have no idea.

Still snowy

Are you tired of snow pictures yet? No? Good. Because today I had to dig out the car.


Hello? Car?


So that was an adventure. Luckily we have good friends who helped me by watching Noah so I could shovel.

Speaking of Noah, we took a walk to survey the neighborhood today.


It was snowy.


The Bob proved its worth again, as we went through the slush and over the snow with no problem at all.


Hey - the stroller is almost exactly one snowblower-width!


About two seconds after I took this picture the guy with the snowblower came around the corner, directly at us on the same track. Let's just say we high-tailed it onto the street after that.

Overall, it was a really beautiful, sunny day today. It's amazing how much snow has melted already.


So we go back to work and school tomorrow, two hours late. This I do not understand - see how clear that street is already? Just because all of that water is going to freeze into sheets of black ice... wimps.