A new first: Tom, Griff and I were laying in bed yesterday morning, when Griffin clapped his hands! (10/3/10) It was so freaking adorable- a great new trick to add to his collection. We've been practicing clapping forever; his ability evolved from closed fists knocking together with full assistance from Mom and Dad, to one open hand and one closed one, and finally he got both hands open and clapped by himself. Also, a hysterical moment to remember was Saturday morning, I coughed and Griff fake coughed to imitate me and then he'd laugh. It became a game where I'd cough and laugh, and then he would. What a little joker!We had the most beautiful fall family weekend. On Saturday we took Griffin to Connor's Farm in Danvers, where we walked through a corn maze and spent time at the farm taking pictures, checking out pumpkins, and just enjoying the beautiful October weather. This was the same farm that Tom and I bought our wedding pumpkins at- the ones we used to carve out "Tom & Vicki ", which coincidentally also spelled "Ick Vomit" and "Victim OK"...On Sunday we used our Groupons and went to the Stone Zoo. Our favorite animals were the coatis, 2-toed sloth, baby goats, meerkats, and gibbons! We kept trying to point out the various animals to Griffin, hold him up so he could see, or position his stroller so he'd have a direct view, but I have no idea if he really saw all of them. I like to believe he did anyway.
Yesterday Lily, April, Griffin, and I had an adventure at Brooksby Farm. What a great (and free) place to take the babies. We visited all of the animals (again), and got really up close and personal with all of them! I think Griffin's favorite was the goat- can't beat that long white beard. The two fat pigs rolling around in mud were also hilarious to watch.
Griffin and I had some time to kill while we were out near the North Shore Mall yesterday, so I swung us up to the Brooksby Farm where we had a blast walking around in the beautiful fall sunshine. We saw 2 ostriches, a goat with a long white beard, a llama with bad teeth chewing on corn, a bunch of sheep, some chickens, and 2 big fat pigs. The weather was just a little crisp, but the sun was out and it was a perfect fall afternoon. After checking out the animals, Griff wanted to play a bit in the grass. He looked like a dog on all fours burying a bone, scratching at the dirt digging a hole, ripping up the grass as he went. I watched him to see how long he'd go until he put the grass in his mouth. He left his mark on the ground with a bare dirt rut. He took home dirty hands and bits of grass as souvenirs from our outing.
