A picnic in the park
Friday morning my good buddy, Anthony and Carlos's mommy, called to ask if we wanted to meet at the local state park for a little outdoor powwow and picnic lunch. I believe my response included the phrases "heck yeah" and "if it gets me away from this husband of mine with his infernal front-door sanding".
I love, Love, LOVE it when Isaac plays with Anthony (4-1/2) and Carlos (2-1/2), otherwise collectively referred to as "AnthonyCarlos" or "CarlosAnthony". They are older. They are bigger. Hence, Isaac the Pusher Man takes a backseat to Isaac the Fantastically Behaved Doll Boy. Anthony and Carlos are so sweet to him, taking his hand to show him stuff; Isaac is so interested in them because they are bigger and thus he feels should be taking notes on everything they do.
For example: we went for a "hike in the woods" (read: walk along a trail that skims 5 feet away from a manicured expanse of grass, a trail so smooth I could drive Jacob in his stroller on it). There were bugs. Isaac has learned from those stupid Little Einsteins, and a personal and unfriendly encounter with a dying queen hornet, to be mortally afraid of bugs and spiders. Anthony and Carlos love bugs. They pull Isaac over to look at bugs, squatting around and poking gently in their little-boy way. What does Isaac do? He squats alongside them and asks questions of them and pokes in turn, as if he were looking at cupcakes and lollipops and not big shiny beetles or daddy-long-legs. It's like night and day. And it is just delicious to watch.
After our "hike" we played together on the playground. Barefoot, because that's how AnthonyCarlos hang.
That's Anthony disappearing into the tunnel:
Isaac loves the bridges:
Carlos after a slide:
The other great thing about Anthony and Carlos is that Anthony and Carlos's mommy is not only cool, but knows all the cool things going on around town. She let us in on a little Newarkian secret -- there's a movie theater that, once a week, before they open their doors to show real movies, shows a kid movie...for FREE. We are so there this week, and of course we're meeting AnthonyCarlos.
I love, Love, LOVE it when Isaac plays with Anthony (4-1/2) and Carlos (2-1/2), otherwise collectively referred to as "AnthonyCarlos" or "CarlosAnthony". They are older. They are bigger. Hence, Isaac the Pusher Man takes a backseat to Isaac the Fantastically Behaved Doll Boy. Anthony and Carlos are so sweet to him, taking his hand to show him stuff; Isaac is so interested in them because they are bigger and thus he feels should be taking notes on everything they do.
For example: we went for a "hike in the woods" (read: walk along a trail that skims 5 feet away from a manicured expanse of grass, a trail so smooth I could drive Jacob in his stroller on it). There were bugs. Isaac has learned from those stupid Little Einsteins, and a personal and unfriendly encounter with a dying queen hornet, to be mortally afraid of bugs and spiders. Anthony and Carlos love bugs. They pull Isaac over to look at bugs, squatting around and poking gently in their little-boy way. What does Isaac do? He squats alongside them and asks questions of them and pokes in turn, as if he were looking at cupcakes and lollipops and not big shiny beetles or daddy-long-legs. It's like night and day. And it is just delicious to watch.
After our "hike" we played together on the playground. Barefoot, because that's how AnthonyCarlos hang.
That's Anthony disappearing into the tunnel:
Isaac loves the bridges:
Carlos after a slide:
The other great thing about Anthony and Carlos is that Anthony and Carlos's mommy is not only cool, but knows all the cool things going on around town. She let us in on a little Newarkian secret -- there's a movie theater that, once a week, before they open their doors to show real movies, shows a kid movie...for FREE. We are so there this week, and of course we're meeting AnthonyCarlos.
posted by Claire at 11:23 PM
3 Comments:
Hi Claire,
The recipe has been posted. Hope you like it
Sounds like and excellent visit. And two very good influences.
Sounds like a match made in heaven!
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