Word Up, Word Girl

Alex has been really getting into the PBS show "Word Girl." He's watching an episode right now, and I just overheard the following exchange between him and Dave.

Dave:  Do you know what fictional means?
Alex:  Something that's made up.

I think I love this show!

Baseball Time

We haven't ventured into anything formal yet, but between his tee ball set and playing baseball with Cecily (who is playing tee ball right now) we've finally seen some real interest from Alex.

He and Dave got a mitt for him this weekend, and I took him out for some practice. He may have already given up on the tee because he loves hitting when you pitch to him. I was surprised at how many times he hit the ball that way, including two hits right back at me.

Passover and Easter Weekend

We had a celebratory weekend, as Passover and Easter fell at the same time this year. No pics, but we had a good time at the annual Hauser Seder. It's fun to see the kids progress each year.

We had an Easter Egg hunt at the house in part because we always do and in part to make up for the disappointing Easter Egg hunt at our local park last weekend. This was their first year holding it, and they clearly expected far fewer people to turn out than actually did. I'm sure next year will be even better.

Ready to go!

Good idea, but there were no eggs under the couch

Found one!

An egg inside an egg

Florida Trip, Part 2

We just got a few photos from the family photographer (Grandpa D.), so here's another sampling of our adventures in Florida. (Please excuse the layout. Blogger is not being very user-friendly right now, and my HTML skills are not up to snuff yet.)

Alex the Builder
(Alex could have played with
these life-sized Tinkertoys all day!)

Boy, are these prices high!

Seriously, aren't I cool

A man's beach is his castle

Florida Trip, Part 1

We spent a good portion of Alex's Spring Break visiting Grandma and Grandpa D. in Florida. The weather was great, and we did lots of fun stuff. Of course, there was swimming and gecko hunting every day, but we also went to an amazing museum (the newly opened Children's Museum of Naples), to the beach, and to play mini-golf (twice!).

We'll have more pictures courtesy of Grandpa D. soon, but here are a few shots. Plus, one blast from the past.

Waving from the sculpture in the middle of the hedge maze

Catching a (cloth) fish

Ready to tee off

Gotta get the ball in just the right spot

Tapping it in

On the fish in 2012

On the fish in 2009

For Grandma C.

As most of you know, Alex's Grandma C. recently passed away. This was his first experience with a funeral, and, like most little boys, he wanted to do what his Daddy was doing. So, as the pallbearers and funeral directors (Larry and his son Geoffrey, our former next door neighbors) were moving the casket from the church, he wanted to help too. Larry said it would be fine, and it made for a sweet moment in a sad day to see him being such a big boy.

A Little Bit of Catch Up

For a variety of reasons I have not been as prolific with my blogging of late (at least I post semi-regularly on here, my other blog has been woefully neglected). So this will be a mish-mash of recent photos that I wanted to share. Enjoy!

The last few trips to the grocery store Alex has asked to ride in the special kids carts, and we finally were able to do that a few weeks ago. He loved it! (I was less enamored with having to navigate the store with such a large cart.) Plus, he found it quite funny that the steering wheel was removable.

Most of you are aware of Alex's obsession with puzzles. It extends to school as well, and they often work on puzzles in the after school program. The first picture is a puzzle he completed there, and the next one is of a puzzle we did at home. When we finished it he asked if I could take a picture of him with it for his teacher.

Dave was recently in New York for business and got this great NYC fire fighter t-shirt for Alex. I didn't get a great shot of it, but we had to be sure to take one to send my cousin Christine whose husband is a real NYC fire fighter.