Mechel uses AIM!

Mechel said hello to me at work using AOL instant messenger. Not bad for a two year old:

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Mechel’s “Snowing Man”

Trish and Mechel built what Mechel calls a “snowing man” this afternoon:

Fun in the snow!

A Tale of Two….Excavators?!

On Monday, the folks building the new house next door brought in an excavator to do some……excavating. I brought Mechel his toy excavator and took some pictures. It kept him occupied for most of the morning.

Practical solutions to real problems

Mechel was eating his frozen treat.

Problem: This frozen treat is cold. My hands are getting cold.Solution: “Mommy, mittens!”

Autumn Fun

Trish was gone for a bit of the morning, so Avi came over with two of his three kids, Baruch and Mordechai Baer. We raked some leaves into a pile and had a lot of fun! The images below are individual frames from some video I shot:

Mechel gets Avi

…Silly Mechel, Avi has much […]

Hey, I can read! (sort of)

Last night, Mechel walked up to a U-Haul box in the hall, pointed, and said “that’s A”:

Trish thought it was a coincidence, so I asked him what the next one was.

“That’s U!”

“And the next one?”

“That’s L”

Getting Dressed

Family pictures – Summer 2003

Here are some recent family shots:

The family on the front porch

Cool shades

Mechel gets a BIG boy bed!

Last week we said good-bye to Mechel’s crib and set up his new BIG boy bed. I had planned for many sleepness nights during this transition and anticipated him jumping out of bed at every chance he could get…..but to my pleasant surprise he slept very well on the first night (and every night […]