First, the hockey stick:

(The saw in Noah’s hand is because it was a larger stick that the man at the store cut down to be the right size for Noah; I taped the stick that night.)

Now, the songs (this is a larger than usual file — 13MB):

Here are a couple pictures from our visit with Aunt Sahrye and Uncle Hal at the science museum in Boston.

Looking at the trains with Aunt Sahrye:

Learning about water current (playing with water):

Here is Noah in his Woody costume (shirt and vest made by Aunt Sahrye):

Some pictures from the snow today (about 12″).

Ready to go out:

Waving to Daddy:

A snow man made with non-sticky snow:

Here are a few pictures from the past couple weeks.

Going up to the garage with Papa:

Playing foosball with Mommy at the children’s museum:

Singing at the children’s museum:

Playing hockey:

Visiting Saba:

At the Mummers Parade with Aunt Galeet and Aunt Erica:

Visiting with Dan, Jodie, and Ellie (and playing Wii):

We needed to repair the rack in the closet so Noah and I worked on it together.

Heading upstairs to get started:

Going over the plan:

Deciding the best way to proceed:

Putting in a little extra muscle:

Here he is, singing so the back row can hear:

We raked leaves this afternoon, apparently as practice for when we rake them again next weekend. Noah helped rake, throw, bag, and sit in the leaves, and even used his construction vehicle to help.

Here are a couple more pictures from Halloween and some birthday pictures (he appears to be happy).

Here are some pictures of Noah in his dragon costume. He went around the block with Talia and came back with a small pail of candy.

Here are the pumpkins Talia carved:

We went to the botanical gardens again today, in part because they were making soup with some of the vegetables they grow and serving it for lunch. It was the first time they had done this, and they apparently underestimated the demand so by the time we got there they were out of soup.¹ Still, they did have brownies, bread and fresh-pressed apple cider (fresh-pressed while we were standing there).

Putting apples in the cider press:

Watering the vegetables:

Looking for the next one:

Refilling the watering can:

On the rope bridge:

In the same hiding spot as last time:

Smelling the flowers:

Adding ingredients to his soup:

Here is the soup: