2 Months Old

Little Elliot will be two months old tomorrow. So, in the spirt of celebration, the family decided to go to the beach. We took the train out to Revere Beach on a beautiful Friday afternoon. Being from California, we were a bit shocked and amused by the goings on at the beach. First of all, it's a totally different scene than, say, Malibu or Zuma. Instead of OC-like beach folk, there were lots of old men on beach chairs tanning themselves on the sidewalk. They positioned their chairs facing away from the ocean, quietly watching the foot traffic pound the sidewalk instead of the waves pounding the beach. This may have been to direct their bodies to face the afternoon sun - which of course is opposite the beach here. It may have been to be social, or it may simply have been to give themselves a better vantage of the scantily clad women. In any case, it was odd. We didn't quite know how to explain it to Elliot.

But there was no disputing that it was a beautiful day. Elliot, Justeen and I were thrilled to be out of doors and near a large body of water. It reminded us all that living near a coast, even if we rarely visit the water, is the geographic equivalent of a primal scream - sometimes you just have to be reminded that the land ends.

Justeen and Elliot contemplate the end of land below.



Until of course Elliot loses his hat.

Here I am with the little outdoorsman. We're both thinking about walking across the street to get some ice cream (which we eventually did).
After we returned home, the fun continued. Elliot is enjoying listening to me sing his favorite song - "happyland." You might remember the lyrics to this wonderful song from a previous post.



"You sly dog you," Elliot thought, as I spontaneously changed the lyrics.


After a busy afternoon, the little man chills on his pillow. He's wandering how the dancing monkey (that's me) is going to entertain him next.


And here I am trying to figure out what all the hubbub is about. He can stay under his little gym and giggle for upwards of thirty minutes. I just had to see for myself. I only giggled for about ten minutes before getting bored.