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| Noakai 9 Months |
| 04.03.05 (8:25 pm) [edit] |
Noakai is just over a cold that he got twice (from the same baby) and a stomach virus (that he and Erik shared). So he was pretty much in baby exile as we say here in the hood. He can't go to playgroups lest he spread the germs! and you know there are kids who are there under the radar with their green boogies and oh-so-slight-coughing.
We can't wait to play with other babies again. Now I know why people have more than one, it makes it easier on the parents for your child to have a playmate, otherwise you're going all over town looking for other kids for your kid to play with. And they can't be too little (they just lie there) or too girly (same) or too 'gentle' (noakai 'plays' like he's practicing rugby), basically if you are a 2 -8 year old boy and you tolerate babies
(steal toys away, run over them, throw balls at), you're the perfect playmate for our son! He also seems to be particularly enamored of girls age 9, who he falls intantly in love with, climbs into their laps and starts making out with them.
The magic trick he does is stand up without holding onto anything (he's been pulling himself up to standing for 3 months) which usually happens when he's playing with a really interesting thing and forgets that he's not holding on.
He calls everything "This" and sometimes says "This, is this!" We once met a cute girl baby at the playground who shouted "That!" and I was like, these two are made for eachother. Her father confirmed that she says "That" for everything.
Still is boppin his head which is really cute. When he's happy he chirps like a bird. An American Goldfinch to be exact (he has an Audubon plush bird that recreates the authentic bird sounds of each bird toy).
And, he is most happy when he's naked or at least bare bottomed. So at least once a day, we let him roam free and he happily crawls around bare-butt on the wood floors (easy cleanup) chirping like the happiest american goldfinch you ever did hear.
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| Dumplings |
| 04.03.05 (8:20 pm) [edit] |
Gyoza, Pierogies, Pot-stickers, Dim-Sum, Man-Doo, Momos, Samosas, Ah yes, dumplings: little bags of joy, tender and succulent, a juicy taste explosion massaging the taste buds and senses. Can one ever have enough? So versatile, so cute…dumplings have got the lot.
We had a wonderful little meal at Dumpling Man in the East Village. Of course all good dumplings are wonderful little meals, but what made it particularly wonderful for us was that they had a Veggie dumpling, (Seared 6 pieces $4.55, 10 pieces $6.95).
Most fun part is you can watch the official Dumpling Man ladies making dumplings, which reminded me of my favorite "restaurant" to go to as a kid, Shakey's Pizza Parlor where the kitchen was enclosed in glass like a pizza making diorama, and us kids could sit on the long wooden benches and watch them make pizza over and over and over, never tiring of the dough on the conveyor belt and the automatic dough roller, or flattener as we liked to call it.
Also on St. Marks Place, we've recently been to the Hummos Place and as the name would indicate, they have hummos. Israeli Hummos. Made fresh daily. It's delicious and a great healthy snack. They basically just have hummos but it's served with the best pita, warm and fresh, you can also order a salad.
This very specific type of dining seems to be very popular and is what I love most about living in NYC, we have a Grilled Cheese restaurant, a Peanut Butter and Jelly restaurant, a japanese Cream Puff place (always with long lines); a Naan bread place with a couple of competitors in spitting distance. You can have a successful business if you know your niche and market it well.
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