Father-daughter dance

Dad gets the short-shift in most of the photos and videos I post here because he's usually the one behind the camera. But we spent lots of time together bonding (don't get me wrong, I still love Mom more, but I do enjoy my time with Dad). One thing we've done together a lot through the years (all one-and-a-half of them) is dance together. Take a look at this never-before-posted video of Dad and me bopping to "That Thing You Do," which I loved at the time. I wasn't even four months old here!



That tradition has continued on since then. While the songs have changed, I still get a big kick out of dancing with Dad. For the past few months, I've enjoyed dancing with him to "Pollywog in a Bog," from the Barenaked Ladies. You'll see that there's one part in the song that is my favorite by far.



Enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend, and I'll see you back here next week.

Happy Thanksgiving d(el)ay

Apparently I'm allergic to Thanksgiving. Last year I was sick on Thanksgiving after suffering a bad reaction to the flu shot I received the day before. This year, however, was much worse: I picked up a really nasty stomach virus over the weekend. And on top of that, I decided to share the wealth and pass it along to both Mom and Babcia. So we're all having a pretty rough week. I also "celebrated" another not-so-wonderful first yesterday: my first time throwing up (as opposed to spitting up, which I've had a lot of experience at).

It was touch and go there for awhile, but Mom, Dad and I are going to make the trip down to Grandma and Grandpa's anyway. Grandma has graciously agreed to delay Thanksgiving dinner by a day until tomorrow, in the hope that Mom and I will have recuperated enough to actually be able to sample some of the meal.

So I hope that you all enjoy Thanksgiving today; I'll try to do the same tomorrow. Gobble gobble!

Touched by a museum

I've been lucky enough to go to several children's museums this year, and two weeks ago I visited the undisputed king of them all. No, not the disappointing Port Discovery in Baltimore, but the new and improved (and relocated) Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia.

Mom and Dad took me there before they ditched me for the weekend (I had more fun with Grandma and Grandpa anyway, so there!). First off, if you take me to a place called Please Touch, you're darn sure that I'm going to do just that, especially since "touch" is one of my favorite words. So let's see, there were lilly pads to jump around in...



A shoe store for me to run wild in...



A duck pond for me to splash around in...



And that was just the beginning (there was even a carousel — they thought of everything!). Take a look at this long video of my fun-filled, and exhausting, day.



I had so much fun that I passed out as we left and I napped for almost 3 hours. I don't even think I had a chance to explore every nook and cranny, so I'm going to make sure Mom and Dad take me back again real soon!

By the way, today is my 18-month birthday. I'm a year and a half now, can you believe it?

Back to Baltimore

So it turns out I have more one video to share from my recent Baltimore trip to visit Uncle Ryan. This contains a few odds and ends, including our walk around the Inner Harbor — where Ryan used to work — and some footage from our visit to the Port Discovery Children's Museum. Unfortunately, Port Discovery was the least interesting of the children's museums I've been to, but no matter: the following day in Philly I went to the BEST children's museum ever (more on that tomorrow).

Delightful dolphins

I promised to show you video from the dolphin show I saw at the Baltimore Aquarium last week. It was very impressive. My favorite part is when the dolphin jumps really high in the air—almost to the ceiling—and touches that red object. I always get excited and say "touch!" after I see it.



And that brings us to the end of another week. Dad is on weekend duty, so I'll be doing lots of bonding with Mom this weekend. And I still have lots of videos to share from our week off (including my exploits at the Please Touch Museum in Philly), so I'll see you back here next week!

Something fishy

So last week we went down to Baltimore to visit my Uncle Ryan. It was so great to see him and he took us to the coolest place: the Baltimore Aquarium. I got to say "fish" over and over, because there were new fish to see everywhere I turned. And then there was something there even better than fish:


Bubbles! I kept returning to these bubble-filled tubes. It was so great. Here's a look at my day at the aquarium (you'll spot Uncle Ryan with me several times in the video):



I did leave out one terrific part: the dolphin show. So check back tomorrow for that!

Walk the dinosaur

There was plenty of fun to be had in New York City last week in addition to my first haircut. As always, I was thrilled to get to ride the choo-choo into the city. Here I am at the train station anticipating its arrival and then enjoying the big ride.



Even more fun was our visit to the Museum of Natural History, where I got to see something that I read about everyday in my Good Night New York City book: dinosaur bones!



Dino! Dino! Between the museum, the train and the haircut, it's no surprise that I ended up passing out from all the excitement.


But that was just the beginning of my busy week. Tomorrow I'll tell you all about our trip to Baltimore.