Monday, May 19, 2008

Jonah had his first basketball game on Saturday! That is him on the left next to the coach, practicing his dribbling (hence the blurred ball). I can't tell you how dang fun it is to watch your child play sports. He has so much fun doing it too. You have to live up each moment. How often is your child going to show up for 3 year old basketball with diapers on and teddy in arms? Well, hopefully not that often!! But it sure is cute. He gets so excited when he makes a basket (and yes, they do have really low baskets they hook on to the regular rim). In his last soccer game, he made a goal, then proceeded down the sideline-while the game was still going on-giving all the parents a high-five. What can I say, I'm in love with my own kid (isn't every parent though?)!
We found our favorite artist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is a painting by Chuck Close. He was an amazing painter, had an accident and became a quadriplegic. This painting was done after his accident. You can't see it up close, but he paints little circles in a grid with his mouth. Up close, that's all you see is the 2 in. x 2 in. circles.
We had a blast in New York. We decided it was time to make some memories of our own together, especially since we likely won't have a lot of 1 on 1 time for a while. This is in Little Italy, where we got caught in the "gelatto (sp?) trap." We saw 2 plays, Macbeth, and Thurougood Marshall, as well as the musical Wicked. I think I was suppose to underline those titles, but I can't remember anymore (5 years is a long time to be out of school!). We saw a Yankees game, Ground Zero, Wallstreet, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Central Park, Chinatown etc...We did a lot of just plain roaming too (which is what I like :). It was action packed, and a lot of fun for us! And thanks to those who watched Jonah and took good care of him. We missed our little guy a lot!