Masterpiece in Progress

Is that not a great name for a book? Here I am enjoying Jeff Steinberg's great book. You can get one too - right here.

The B-boy Stance

The b-boy stance is when you stand with your arms folded and to the side, which was a popular stance in 80s hip-hop. Ahhh, the good ol' days of hip-hop. No one ever taught this to me, so it must be in my genes (Mommy enjoyed this music). By the way, I'm wearing Grammy's shoes! Yes, I DO love to put on big people shoes - Mommy's always trying to find her shoes these days...

A Visit to Willow Valley's Courtyard

I went to visit Great Grandmom on Wed 9/24/08 with Grammy. I had a lot of fun out in the courtyard since it was such a nice day:

Fun with a Shirt

I guess I'm at that age where taking off one's clothes is a lot of fun. Just the fact that I can do it is such an accomplishment, don't you think? However, putting them back on is an entirely different story... (these shots are from Tuesday 9/23/08):

A Hot Dog and S'more Roast

We had a lot of fun on Saturday 9/20/08. Our church's Mother's Group all got together at one of the family's homes for a hot dog and s'more roast. There were lots of kids and it was nice for Mommy to get to meet everyone as she really only interacts with the group's online portion since they meet during the daytime when she works. This was a family event with Dad's invited too, so we all went. There was even a pinata! I had the most fun on the playset using the slide.

I was a little afraid to get too close to all of the bat swinging at the pinata, so I watched from a distance:

Here were the bigger kids going at it:

And a video when it FINALLY opened (with parental intervention - there were 3 paper grocery bags in there, so they had to tear it open!):

Jeff Steinberg is Daddy's New Friend

Daddy likes to collect old records from 2nd hand stores. One day he stumbled on an old album from the 70s by Jeff Steinberg (aka TinyGIANT - read his story - he's amazing). He continued to find more records by him and then recently got to see him perform and give his testimony at a church in York County. He got to talk to him for quite some time after the event and Jeff was amazed that Daddy had his old records. He went to see him again in the Harrisburg area, and then, last week, Jeff came and hung out at our house. He's a great guy and we might see him again this week.

He gave Daddy some of his CDs and here are two pics of me on Tuesday 9/9/08 showing the wares:

Hey, it's my 2nd cousin, Rachel!

So Mommy finally figured out today that her and Daddy's cousins kids are actually my 2nd cousins - NOT my cousins-once-removed. So she'll put that correctly from now on (unlike many previous posts).

On Sunday 9/7/08 (yes, that was a busy day), we finally got to meet my 2nd cousin Rachel Zimmerman. She is the daughter of Andrew (Daddy's cousin) and Susan. We had a blast playing together. I guess this is good practice of what's to come for me...

Hey, she eats her toys just like I used to:

I REALLY wanted to play with that Elmo in a boat toy...

We loved the big bear with a red bow and a jingle bell inside his tail:

A video of Rachel and me trying to get the bear out of her high chair:



Rachel is too cute playing:

Mommy had to take her turn, practice for the future...

And a shot of the happy family: