Let's ride...

With my new found bike riding skills, mommy and daddy decided to take us to Gallup Park one morning, so I could ride around the river. Remi and I both enjoyed riding on the trails and seeing friends. Then, on Sunday, daddy took me on a special kayak trip with the Armstrongs (daddy works with their mommy). I got my very own paddle and gave everyone I could find a "paddle high five," including the fish! 2 hours later, I had to drag daddy out of the kayak, he was tired. He said it was b/c I didn't paddle, I think it's b/c he hasn't worked out in the past 11 years!

Look at me go!

slow poke Remi

Takin' a break

Watch out, here I come!

Hey, look! Do you see that goose?

Remi tried to get a bit too friendly with the geese

Isn't she adorable...

Being silly

I love my mama

The Goldstein Men and the Armstrong family

I love to kayak

Posing...

Two wheeler...

Yup, that's right, a two wheeler. Mommy and daddy surprised me the other night. Fred, one of my friends, had outgrown his starter bike and now it's mine! And guess what, I can ride the sucker! Guess all that hype about the balance bike making it easier to transition to a big boy bike with no training wheels is true!

Remi sporting her Boston wear... Red Sox hat and Woodman's shirt

Helping daddy adjust the seat

Remi, walking Bayley. Believe it or not, Remi, actually walks faster than Bayley!

Look at me go!

Daddy time, passover and just day to day life...

Well, this post includes a mish mash of everything. While mommy was away, daddy, Remi and I went to an Indian baby naming ceremony for my friend Leela's baby brother, Jay. The ceremony was nice, but playing with Leela afterwards was definitely the highlight for me.

On to passover, once again we were able to celebrate Passover with our AWESOME Ann Arbor family. Friends drove from near and far (3 hours) just to attend the Goldstein seder. The total headcount by the end was 22 people. Daddy and I did lots of work while mommy was away to prepare for the seder and then the Monday of Seder was a wee bit crazy at our house, or shall I say, mommy was a wee bit crazy, trying to get the house ready and cook for 22 people. BUT, by 5:30, everything was done, the table was set and we were ready! During the seder I stood next to daddy and belted out the 4 questions in Hebrew, my preschool teacher was so proud when I told her what I had done. We ate lots of matzoh ball soup, made a seder parade, I found the affikomen and of course, the grown-ups drank too much wine... We used the matzoh cover I made at school, the bitter herbs that I grew from scratch and Elijah's cup was a true work of art that included spiderman stickers! This was by far my favorite passover to date and I'm still dayenu!

With the start and end of Passover falling on some of my school days, I've been able to stay at home (school was closed) and spend some quality time with mommy and Remi. With our extra time, mommy has been able to plan more fun and exciting things for us to do. On one of our days, we visited the botanical gardens, met up with some friends, had a picnic and drew out the 10 plagues in sidewalk chalk and that was just in the morning!

Giving a Justin Roberts Concert with Remi

Playing with Leela after baby Jay's naming ceremony

Part of the Seder Parade

Aaron and I enjoying some matzoh ball soup

Remi trying to eat my food scraps

The blackberry monster!

Remi and me the botanical gardens

Playing the bells at the children's garden

"T" for Tyler, "T" for turtle

Meeting up with Ben (one of my froggy friends) and his brother and mommy at the children's garden

Can you tell that Remi was excited that I "gave" her my tricycle

What the ... Why is daddy home?

Yeah, that's right. Daddy took 4 days off of work, Thursday - Sunday to hang out with Remi and I. Mommy flew to MN to spend some time with Uncle Brandon and Aunt Annie and we got daddy all to ourselves. While I must admit, I was a bit concerned when mommy told us she was going away for a few days. I love daddy, I really do, but he's not our primary care taker, or rather even part time care taker, so albeit a bit apprehensive, I jumped into the challenge with full force. Thank god mommy had typed up directions for daddy or we very well may have never eaten! All kidding aside, it was so much fun to have special time with daddy. And while daddy was exhausted by the end of our weekend, I think he really got to understand our day to day lives. March was reading month and all of the parents have been reading to our class and daddy even got to read to my class. I was so excited to show daddy my room, introduce him to my froggie friends and have him meet my teacher, Ellen. Thank you daddy, we had a blast!

Doing a little reading before school

Daddy and Remi at my school's passover seder

The picture is dark, but that's me in the back. I was in the zone... I had to prepare, after all, I was one of the 10 plagues...

Leaving school after having eat every matzoh ball I could get my hands on. I think I had about 6, needless to say, I felt very full.

Bug races in the kitchen

Cooking our dinner over the fire. That's right we roasted hot dogs in our fireplace!

Games class at the Y

I love to play with the parachute