Last night we called Nanna and G-Daddy for the regular iChat, only to be thwarted by the fact that they were not home. SAD TROMBONE...but wait technology saves the day. My Mom has an iPhone 4G (a nicer phone than me, again, SAD TROMBONE) which has FaceTime, a sort of portable iChat.

It was perfect. Isaac got to see his counsin Aiden, who looks like he is about 10 years old, his great uncle Nub and great aunt Anetha. He also got to see both his GGs, including his blue eyed birthday buddy. And of course he got to see his Nanna and G-Daddy. It was really nice. Like a little preview of June. I can't wait. Isaac even busted out some tricks for everyone--waving and rolling around just to show off.

Less than 24 hours until the grandparents arrive and everyone here is excited.

Isaac has a thing for socks (hopefully, sox, as well ;). He loves them. If he has a pair on he will do whatever he can to get them off his feet--his little running in place bit, pull them off with this hands, or even, if he can get down there, pull them off with his mouth. It is really quite entertaining, especially when he does it just to get his Mommy's attention. She will turn away and then BOOM socks are off. It is really funny.

Well, as it turns out Isaac has combined his mobility (via rolling) with his penchant for socks. At the Goddard School he is known as the Sock Thief. Apparently he will go up to other kids, when they are shoe-less (or more like Robeez-less, because none of them wear actual shoes yet) and just take off their socks. I imagine that he pilfers the socks of the Blobs more than he does the Mobiles, if for no other reason than ease of theft. This is proof again of the Darwinian nature of daycare.

So if you visit and take off your shoes, be careful, you might be missing a sock or two when you leave.

Mom, Dad, and Isaac were fed up with the slow to arrive New England spring, so we went and did Spring things dressed in our winter gear. We went for a walk around Coolidge Park, not the park with the big pond, but a more urbanized park with ball fields and playground equipment. Here is a shot of Isaac and Dad on the top of the slide:



When the wind died down it wasn't that bad, a nice 35 degrees, but with the wind it was frigid. Nonetheless, Isaac, the hearty New Englander, fell asleep. At the end of the walk he woke up and we put him in a swing. He seemed to either like it or not know what to make of it. Here is the video:



The day before, Mom, Dad, and Isaac went to Holy Cross. Mom had a review session to give and Isaac and Dad explored the hilly campus, in part because exploring is fun, but also because Dad wants to be ready for climbing mountains in Acadia with Isaac in his Adventure Suit (aka the baby backpack). Again it was cold out and the wind was fierce, especially on top of the hilly campus. Not to be deterred, Isaac fell asleep on Saturday too. Here is a shot of Mr. Sleepyhead:



It was funny to watch the reaction of the students. Female students were really taken with Mr. Blue Eyes while male students, having flashes of worst case scenarios in their heads from a random hook up, avoided us like we had MRSA and the Plague combined.

After the Holy Cross adventure we went to Rota Springs, our favorite ice cream place and stood in the FREEZING cold for some ice cream. There was actually quite a line, so apparently we weren't the only ones fed up with winter overstaying its welcome. If spring doesn't want to oblige, fine, we'll just do spring things in winter.