silas was so incredibly, unprecedentedly awesome at his eighteen month ped appointment, that i wanted to do something extra fun with him the next morning. so with a 6am wakeup staring sam and i in the face, we were just waiting for the morning rush hour to let up before silas and i left the house. we headed downtown on the train (excitement enough for this kid), silas was entranced for the majority of the trip by the lady behind us who was applying her makeup and narrating each step to her receptive audience. shit got crazy when she pulled out the eyelash curler and let silas examine it. i intended on heading right into the art institute but the weather was gorgeous, there were steps to be climbed at millennium park and holy lord, the fountains were turned on.
he was hilarious, splashing, running. i think about nine different people took his picture (just like being back in china) and he even made it onto the nbc5 news as the "super lovely weather we're having" stock video lead in. leave it to sam's kid to get on broadcast tv in the first 18 months of life.
eating his sandwich on the platform, waiting for the train home.
we spent the early evening rearranging the pebbles in forrest's backyard. (i really think this baby know how to exactly position himself in perfect lighting situations.)
look at that! my baby not freaked out at all standing in front of a BIG dog! thank god there are two genetic pools to choose from when making a person.
Comments (3)
I really expected to run into you today. The girls and I were at the Shedd this afternoon. Missed it by that much.
Posted by Lisa | April 24, 2008 10:29 PM
Posted on April 24, 2008 22:29
bummer! let me know the next time you'll be running around the city - we'd love to see you.
Posted by katie | April 25, 2008 9:13 AM
Posted on April 25, 2008 09:13
I wish you had taped that news segment. Would have loved to see it.
PS: I love his little flip flops.
Posted by Amma | April 25, 2008 4:30 PM
Posted on April 25, 2008 16:30