new salon

 
Gus and Theo both requested haircuts this week, but I just did not have it in me to drive out to Ardmore to go to Cookie Cutters. So on the way to the playground we walked by the barber shop at 24th and Lombard and I asked the boys if they wanted to get a haircut.

 
Theo said 'yes' and sat right down in the big chair like it was nothing. The barber, who typically cuts hair of two year olds while they are screaming and trying to escape, could not get over how Theo calmly sat in the chair and happily answered questions about his favorite ice cream and animals. She was gushing about how cute and good he was. She was pretty over the top.

 
So much so that Gus, who turned down a haircut, turned to me and said, "I don't think she should make Theo any handsomer." Sometimes it is hard being Theo's brother.

feeling like spring

 
Finally! It was warm enough to play in Rittehouse after music class today.


 
Theo and Charlie

 
Theo and Sloane

 
Gus's class showed up and Gus was not happy that Theo turned down the invitation to join his class for a music lesson at the goat. Theo was having too much fun with Charlie.

 
But when Gus's class moved on to recess, Theo and his friends wandered over for a game of chase.

 
Gus

 
Jacob, Gus, Theo, Charlie and Carlton

scooting

 
It's hard!

zoo day

 
Brother turtles.

 
Brother people watching brother turtles. (We do not know if they are related. Or male.)

 
Could not get home before hunger set in.

 
Gus loves hot dogs.

 
Chocolate for lunch two days in a row? What is going on with me? Bad, bad mother.

gelato

 
Theo and I went shopping for lamps this morning on the other side of town, and by that I mean east of Broad, oh a twenty-five minute walk away. Theo spotted this sign and started begging for chocolate gelato. We do not frequent the Capagiro in our neighborhood all that often, so I was floored that he recognized the shop.

 
So of course I had to treat him to a lunch of chocolate and banana gelato (I don't know why, but it is customary to pick two flavors).

 
I had the white bean soup. I would have bought Theo a typical lunch item, but there was no way he would have eaten it with a case full of gelato behind him.

 
He ate the chocolate first and refused all my requests for a taste.

 
Can't you just tell how good this stuff is?

 
???

 
I had a little spoon of my own and stole a few tastes of the banana, to which Theo responded "Daddy doesn't do it that way!" He has been pulling that a lot lately.

 
Can we keep this little lunch a secret? With a face like this, probably not. Thank goodness for wipes.

rainy sunday

 
Rittenhouse Square may not be Central Park but it is still always fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.5

 
Theo is two and a half today! We tried to bake half a carrot cake, Theo's choice, but something happened and the middle did not bake. So Theo happily had his 2.5 candles in a bowl of ice cream with a black & white Milano cookie.

It seems Theo is covered in something in every picture in our kitchen. What can I say? He is a messy eater. But he is so funny and super sweet . . . and stubborn . . . that we hardly even notice anymore.

NYC!!!

 
We finally took the boys to New York.

 
Gus was sure it would not be as big as Philly but as soon as he saw the skyline he decided it was bigger.

 
We had breakfast at Karen, Brian and Henry's and then checked out their playground. And we had really good pizza for lunch.

 
After lunch we met Adam, Vicki and Hudson at Central Park and found this sand and stone playground.

 
We all had fun climbing this stone pyramid.

 
Gus right at home.

 
Hudson

 
I love this corner of the park.

 
Gus made some friends and they dug a huge hole.

 
Theo wanted to get in on the action but the new friends said his arms were too short to reach the bottom of the hole.

 
Theo was not happy about this. He's been getting a lot of "you're just a baby" lately.

 
But Gus eventually abandoned the big hole to be with Theo.

After dinner with Adam and Hudson we drove home. And even though it took an hour and ten minutes to get from our parking spot to the NJ side of the Lincoln Tunnel, a trip that only took ten minutes on the way in, it was the best 13 hours we have had in a long time, and now we are all talking about our next visit, and scheming to flat out move there.

zoo school

 
Julian and Theo at zoo school.

 
He loves it. Says he is only ever going to zoo school.

holy moly

 
more snow!

 
This has got to be the last of it.

 
So live it up.