Strolling Strolling Strolling...

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Yup. He's really walking. We went to a park near our apartment this weekend, and Gabe walked across the whole thing. Sure, he fell a few times, but he got right up and asked one of us to dust him off, and back on his way he went. He was quite a sight!

HE CAN WALK!!!!

July 15: We had seem some indications that it was coming soon, but we had no idea that THIS would happen today!

What's For Dinner Gabe?

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July 15: Do you think Gabe might have some culinary leanings? We sure hope so. We went to our friends the Gessers' place for brunch today and he just loved Sadie's kitchen!

Perfect End to the Day.

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July 14: Today was Bastille Day, so the Shanoffs decided to celebrate by doing what lots of Parisians do: we walked. And boy did we walk! After a quick cab ride to Prospect Park, we walked all over that park! It's bigger than we thought! We even got to see some real live ducks and then an area called "dog beach." Well, you can imagine how exciting it was to see both ducks AND puppies all in about 15 minutes. That knocked Gabe's socks off, and wore him out. The playground with the water sprinklers didn't hurt either. But it was a beautiful day so we slowly but surely made our way back to Brooklyn Heights. Turns out it's a pretty long walk. Needless to say, we were all ready for an early bedtime today!

Red Hook!

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July 8: Today we went to Red Hook. For those of you who don't know it, it's in Brooklyn and it's on the water, which we desperately needed, because it was really hot today. And Red Hook didn't disappoint. We took the bus, which was really an adventure, and then we sat outside and had some yummy food from Fairway. We also got to see some of Margery's friends from DPW. All in all, a great day!

Summertime Sprinklers!

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Look what we found! (OK, some friends told us about it a while ago, but we forgot until we got here.) Turns out one of the parks in our neighborhood has this great sprinkler to play in. This was a pretty cool day and so we didn't really go into the water, but boy oh boy is it a good idea for those really hot days. And Gabe loves the water. He kept leaning into the spray. He better learn to walk soon because it's a bit cold for Mom.

Sliding with Sadie

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June 30: today we happened to run into Sadie and Brook at the playground. What a fun treat. Sadie was jumping for joy, and Gabe wanted nothing more than to climb up the slide. He did make it, but we didn't have a picture of that. Oh well.

Lucali's

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With Grammy in town, we also decided to go try a new pizza place in our neighborhood. OK, not IN our neighborhood, but a nice walk away. Gabe certainly loved the pizza, and so did the rest of us. What a treat!

Some things really are black & white.

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OK. This blog hasn't been updated in WAY too long, so we're really sorry. This is a picture from when Grammy came to visit! Gabe spent the day with her and Dan walking around NYC while Margery was at a friend's bridal shower. He got to go see the basketball at West 4th St., which he really loves. Notice his Vermont Basketball t-shirt, by the way! He's ready for some hoops. And Grammy gave him his very first Black & White cookie. Look at that smile. It was clearly a hit!