On Sunday we went to one of our favorite local parks, Nomahagen. The park has a playground, a large pond, and a 2.8 mile walking path. We started off with some playtime.
Going through tunnels….
Riding on cars…
Father and son deep thinking….
Learning to pump your legs on the swing….
And then going for a long walk with the scooter.
Quinn made it about halfway before he needed a ride on Don\’s shoulders. After a nice break, he scootered to the finish.
On Saturday we started off our day at Starbucks with some coffee and vanilla milk. Quinn\’s skin is healing very quickly and his big fall is fading in to memory.
After Starbucks we headed to Edison NJ which has a very large Indian community. Joel Stein wrote an interesting article in Times magazine about the area. We stocked up on Mango Pickles and papadums at Patel\’s Cash and Carry and then headed to lunch. We were in the mood for some dosa\’s which are like the indian version of burritos but are usually stuffed with spicy potatoes and veggies and are about a foot long. I found this stock picture of a dosa.
So we find a little restaurant that appears to also be vegetarian. There are no descriptions on the menu so we had to wing it with our order. We all get our food. Don\’s isn\’t quite as he expected but it was delicious and he ate it. Just as we were finishing, they brought out Don\’s lunch and it was about 2x the size of the dosa pictured above. We couldn\’t help but laugh. Don got it boxed up to take home.
It reminded us of the time we were in France and we went to a highly recommended wine \’library\’ for lunch. Our waitress didn\’t speak English (quite rare) and didn\’t seem interested in accommodating our questions. So we order our appetizers and lunch. I get my appetizer and it was a big plate of thinly sliced cured ham — bingo — that\’s what I wanted to order. Then we get our lunch and — not so bingo — I get another plate of thinly sliced cured ham.
Our life of adventure!
Quinn really loves his new Lego\’s. We got them for play but also to help him improve his manual dexterity and fine motor skills. This was a suggestion from Miss Bunny during our Parent/Teacher conference. Improving these skills will get him ready to start writing. Regardless, Quinn loves these new Legos and it\’s amazing how they spark his imagination. He loves playing with the little men.
I\’ve found that Don has some mad Lego skills. Why is it that boys are so good with Legos? Look at this truck that Quinn and Don built. The little Lego girl is jumping off the diving board in to the pool below.
And if that truck wasn\’t enough, check this out.
