Milo and his Mamma

And some long long overdue belly shots - this kiddo is officially dubbed “The Kicker” … seems we’ve got a lively one!!!

May Belly

April Belly

Had a really fun Passover weekend in CT with Rachel’s family this year. Omer and Rebecca were in from Israel. David and Adina were in from Tahoe. And most of the other usual suspects were present. I was personally in pain most of the time from consuming so much food. Was fun hanging out with all of the cousins and it was great to see Rachel and Rebecca’s bellies together. So exciting that these 2 cousins will be so close together in age! Here’s the photo essay:

Schwartz/Kulick family shot + Omer

the Seder gets high tech

carving the bird

Afikomen negotiations and moolah

David and Adina

Hanging out, wrestlin’, etc

hungry?

post-Seder pedicures

Molly holding court

cousins

Milo had his 1st dentist visit last week and got his teeth cleaned. Everything looked good - healthy teeth, good spacing…

Things were going well when part way into the cleaning Milo starts making this strange and somewhat guttural sound. The hygienist, slightly alarmed, stopped what she was doing and asked him if everything was alright and if something hurt.

Milo replied, “I’m just pretending to be a scorpion.”

And so I ask you, faithful audience, what animal or creature do you pretend to be when you get your teeth cleaned?

Milo is growing like a weed and just outgrew his first violin. We named the first one, “Do” and the new one has been dubbed “Re”.

Bye Bye Do, hello Re!!

It’s sad saying goodbye to Do, because of how souped up and customized he had become. Milo’s wonderful teacher Miss Ariel had this 1st violin and bow “modded” with finger tapes, elastic band “finger seat-belts”, and multiple stickers in various spots to help us keep track of where all of our fingers need to be at various times.

But Re already has brand new finger tapes and I’m sure before long will be just as loved.

How do you like to wind down after a long week?

part 1

part 2

I’m seeing a kind of Mick Jagger meets “Smells like teen spirit” sensibility in the dancing style…

Our wonderful amigos Catherine, Jorge, Caya & Magda invited us down to their home in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. We had a great vacation exploring Mérida with them as well as trips to the Mayan ruins at Uxmal (oosh•mal) and a little island paradise called Holbox (hole•bosh).

Caya + Milo in super hero disguises

milo trying out a little parkour in Mérida

touring Uxmal

Milo hanging with Chaac, the rain god

aka steep

requisite family shot

getting a haircut and a shave - but she refused to shave my mustache

Milo and I taking a romantic horse carriage ride thru Mérida

ahhh, the beach!

sweet tables and chairs

yummy paella dinner on the beach

milo knocking back some squid

shoe malfunction

the beach was really awful

at times even unbearable

couldn’t ever imagine going back

just horrible

and our little beach bungalow on Holbox

Um, so I thought I would commemorate the 4-month anniversary of our arrival in Napa for the holidays last December with this much belated blog post. I have a whole slew of belated blog posts in the works so apologies in advance for the onslaught. Warning - these may involve mass dumpage of photos rather than witty recaps of funny Milo quotes or reflections of memories of my great grandma.

We had a fab time on the left coast hosted in large part by the Mosher clan in their sweet new home - thanks Moshers!

Milo, Sam + Patch attempting to carjack a firetruck

baking x-mas cookies with Granny

Sam in a tree

pre-chess match posturing and grunting

Christmas Eve dinner preparations

Atti guarding the food

Mustache guarding the couch

zombie sighting

storytime

watching The Grinch

x-mas morning

4 bewildered looking adults

need…coffee…now…

jess and marce

archery lesson

man contemplating firewood

people watching waves