Paper or Plastic?

Along with some friends, we finally made it out to the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. It was fantastic. The museum has many themed play areas, including a full-sized Septa bus, a petting zoo, and a Maurice Sendak area. Aidan loved the kid-sized supermarket and charged the other kids about $37777777777 for their groceries. Thank goodness for Trader Joe's.

A Conditioned Love

Aidan loves books. He has a particular affinity for the book, In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming. Each page is wonderfully illustrated and is accompanied by a short, clever rhyme. One page has the rhyme, "Pile Pack, Muskrats Stack". For some reason, Aidan will lift both his arms as if to signal a touchdown (see above). We think it's hilarious. We don't know when or exactly why he picked this up. Needless to say, we've had great fun with this peculiar Pavlovian response. He'll even do it in his sleep. Jen was upset with me for trying.

C is for Chocolate

More milk, please!

Slice of the Big Apple

Over July 4th weekend, Jen and I decided to relive our Greenwich Village days with a short, food-filled jaunt. To our surprise, our normally finicky eater was rabid for Joe's pizza. I must say that their fresh mozzarella pizza is a thing of beauty. Aidan also was wild for the chocolate cherry bread at Amy's Bread down the street. See the next photo for the gooey results!