Today's Toby

Now this was a fun discovery. They all seemed to be East Coast states so alas, no Kansas.  

Checking to see which cows were working at the fresh-made ice cream place. (It didn't say.) But the results were excellent.  

Some serious rocking out on the xylophone.  

We're still figuring out how to function in our new space but projects on the terrace while the weather allows might be one of our favorites.  

Fun on the seesaw.  

Reading some of our favorite books at the library.   

It's a hard job, but someone has to break in the new couch.  

A corner of Slumbers' nose needed a little repairing. He was very brave during the surgery and is going to make a complete recovery.   

"We have a New Couch, a True Couch, a Blue Couch named Caroline." Bonus points if you can name the musical this little song was parodied from.  

According to the internet, this is the playground at Clay Field. Which probably means no one calls it that in real life. But we had a great time.  

A serious portrait series.   

Map sheets! And (not pictured) pillowcases and duvet with the flag of Argentina! Sleeping with everything you love? Priceless.  

When you want to be awake, but your body has other plans.  

On the upside to all of us getting Covid,Toby has started learning to play chess. On the downside, he's had several nosebleeds over the past 24 hours which he does not enjoy. To put it mildly. Thank goodness for Instacart and other delivery services which have allowed us to get what we need while keeping other people safe.  

Toby told me this was his New Year's outfit.  

Somebody just got their very first library card! Look at that excitement! (Pay no attention to the little brother in the background who may or may not be trying to climb the furniture.) He even checked out his books all by himself.   

It's hard to say no to "one more book?"  

  Forest Hills will always be a special place for our family. When Cotton and I moved there we were just a couple years into dating. We got married and added two people to our family. We had lots of love, tears, and laughter.  Grateful for the memories and the lovely neighbors. We had a true community there. Also grateful to have had a final moment in the apartment together to say thank you and goodbye. "Saying goodbye Why is it sad? Makes us remember the good times we've had. Much more to say Foolish to try It's time for saying goodbye." - Muppets Take Manhattan   

Spending our last days in Forest Hills doing our best Spiderman impression.  

I'm ready for the skatepark.   

Due to a surprise water balloon pop, we ended up showing off some muscles at the playground.   

Toby said during his bath on the 4th that his bath tablets could be like fireworks. I agreed and proceeded to toss more than our usual number of tablets up into the air with firework sounds.   I left the bathroom for a bit, and when I came back he had gathered tablets to make cups with every color of the rainbow.  He was quite pleased with his celebration.  

When you're trying not to laugh because it's the Quiet Game, but your parents are pretty hilarious.