Discovering Pull Toys

Dante has discovered pull toys and likes to drag anything he can delicately behind him. At first it was his coveted white blankey that went everywhere with him. Well, we found a substitute - anything he can drag behind him. It started out with a cat tail until Rahav took a piece of rope and tied it to a car.
The other pix was taken in an east village doorway on Avenue A and 9th street. Dante and I were on a walk and he decided to rest (with his bus) in the doorway and wave at people passing by. Oh, and his new thing is to say HI and BYE and wave to everyone around. He makes lots of people smile!

PS1: Summer in NYC

Summer has been wonderful this year - not too hot or humid and lots of sunshine! We haven't been to the beach much this year since Dante's dislike of Fire Island and the Ocean. So we've been exploring NYC to the fullest. Lots of bike riding, days at the water park and afternoons at the museum. Here's some pictures from PS1 This year's theme was the public garden. Rahav had Dante on his shoulders in one of the pix. The other was taken without flash while a mirror was rotating overhead.

First Week of Daycare: 22 Months

Dante is 22 months today and officially started daycare this week. His nanny Teresa decided to focus on photography, so I felt it best to start him now instead of waiting for his 2nd birthday. It's hard on all of us but our hopes are that he'll love it soon enough. We chose Tutor Time for it's proximity to Rahav's house. The staff is warm and friendly and his sixteen classmates are his age and quite ethnically diverse. I took this photo while the toddlers had their morning play activity of feeling and discovering the wonders of play-doh. We are easing Dante in with a MWF schedule from 10am - 3pm. Tuesdays and Thursdays he'll still be hanging with dad and his new nanny Sabine who he's already charming and will soon have her wrapped around his finger the same way Teresa was.