St. Patrick's Day: Westchester Style

Well, Ossining doesn't have Hoboken's St. Patrick's Day parade (oh, wait, neither does Hoboken anymore...), but we made our own fun on a gorgeous day. 


Harper played rock star


Not much baby left in her - look at that kid

 

Luke LOVES playing baseball in the backyard


Harper returned calls

 

I swear this wasn't staged - spontaneous sibling affection.  Harper was saying "awwww" and patting Luke's back
 

Luke insisted on pulling weeds?
 

Harps worked on her footwork
 

Toddlering is thirsty work
 

 

She saw Daddy leaning and joined him
 

Harper wanted to wear the hard hat, too

The Red (and white) Bicycle

We are moving next weekend - leaving Hoboken and settling down in Ossining, NY. Grandpap Rosella promised Luke a new bike - a RED bike with a BELL - for the new house. We told Luke we'd go pick out his bike (that we had scouted for him in advance) this weekend. He started asking when the bike store would open at, oh, 7am. "Does it open in, like, 5 minutes?"

So he spent some time in his "club house" (aka a packing box)

And then we went to our favorite sushi place one last time and Luke and Harper entertained each other. Oh, but first! We went to Stan's Sporting Goods to buy Luke a proper Hoboken t-shirt. That he insisted on putting on at lunch.
(Check out Harper rocking the high chair!)


CHUBS

Finally! The bike store. Luke was so excited, he couldn't even smile properly or react to anything.

We got it out on the open road. Er, sidewalk. It took him some time to sort out the pedaling & breaking.

But progress was made.


Thumbs up for the new bike!

Trying to smile, but just wants to stare at his BELL

Ringing his bell

Yelling THANK YOU, GRANDPAP

Waving & Hanging Out

Mommy's parenting win for the week was dumping all of the "Harper-safe" toys into a bin and plunking it down next to Harper. This is her new favorite activity - sitting next to it taking things out, putting them back in, being surprised all over again when a favorite reappears...




Luke and Daddy were decamping to Home Depot to look at grills (!) for our soon-to-be-new-home. Watch Harper's face light up when Luke approaches, and again when Daddy enters the room. This isn't her first could be wave, but the first caught on tape - what do you think?




(please note that her hair is OUT OF CONTROL despite the most valiant attempts to tame it)

After Dinner, Before Bubbles

Just another Tuesday night on Hudson Street. After a dinner of applesauce & oatmeal, Harper was stripped down to her diaper for laundry purposes; Luke insisted on joining her in her state of undress. Clearly, he is the most entertaining thing Harper has ever seen.

Put Me in Coach

Since our trip to the Phillies game last month, Luke has been all about 1) playing baseball, and 2) wearing his U of Scranton t-shirt

His stance needs some work

That's better

His cheering section didn't mind that his form is still coming together
Daddy was the "thrower"


He's already disputing calls

Instead of gum or sunflower seeds, Luke is fueled by goldfish on the field
She is the happiest little babyPIGGIES!


Some more of Luke's handiwork behind the camera

Harpsistreudel?

A few videos of Luke & Harper enjoying a post-nap lazy Memorial Day afternoon

This first one captures their relationship in less than 3 minutes - Luke entertains, Harper is delighted; Luke eats solid food, Harper is jealous; Harper loves to jump and smile


More of the same...

May Days

We've been busy since our return from Boston - mostly with hanging out and having fun.

Luke continues to enjoy holding hands with Harper in the mornings and requesting a photograph. When did he get so gangly??

Harper graduated from her cradle swing and bouncy seat to her excersaucer! (kindly on loan from the Tiedemanns)

She has also been giving rice cereal a try...

...with some success...

...SOME success.

It seems jackets are behind us for good now, so we went to the zoo! Breaking out bare feet and sun hats and everything!

Luke was tired after a morning of train rides and "feeding sheeps" and carousel rides and bear spotting and...

Another day, Luke and Mommy decided to declare it Wacky Hair Wednesday for no reason other than it was so nice out and we were all in good moods

Harper declined to participate

"Say cheese, watermelons!"

By evening, the wackiness had worn off and Luke & Daddy took in Hoboken's Memorial Day Parade. Luke was sure to bring along his Grand Old Flag.

We also took in Harper's first (and Luke's first that he remembers) Phillies game! Daddy imparted lots of baseball knowledge. [and no, his beard isn't THAT white (yet) - the sunscreen wouldn't disappear!]

Early on, the 90ish degree humidity wasn't getting us too droopy

But the Phillies store was a welcome AC'd respite

And Luke accomplished his 2 main goals for the day
1) Get a new RED Phillies baseball hat

2) Eat ice cream in a little helmet

By this point, we were all PLENTY droopy

But, even though Chooch didn't play OR Jimmy Rollins (Mommy's favorite), Utley was back in rotation and the Phils won!