yesterday Brian and I took Josh to the Pepsi Arena here in town to see The Wiggles live in concert. What a great experience!! Their set is simple but colourful, and the music was great. Josh stood and clapped and wiggled for virtually the entire time, only getting tuckered out towards the last 30 minutes or so. Unfortunately Greg Wiggle (the yellow one) was sick back home in Australia, so they had a guy named Sam who sort of looks like him to fill in. We didn’t care – the concert was a wonderful experience. We also saw Henry the Octopus, Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog and our favourite pirate, Captain Feathersword! We had great seats and were very close to a few of the Wiggles when they came out into the audience. You can see our pictures by clicking on the Photo Album link to the right.

josh can do laundry. he likes to help me with a lot of tasks and to keep him occupied, he helped me with the laundry today. Check it out below! (It’s a big file, ~30 MB so it takes a bit to load…. if there’s no picture, download the divx codec located here)

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can it really be possible? my child is a 2 year old little boy! gone is the baby that needed to be carried and cuddled, and in his place i have this super-independent boy who dances at the drop of a hat, hugs the cats to death and loves to give his mommy and daddy kisses and hugs. i can’t complain!!

1. my very own minivan – thankfully inherited from mom and dad, i’m now the proud owner/driver of a ’95 Pontiac Transport!  i’m the queen of the road!!  and Josh loves that he is up higher and can see lots from his carseat.

2. Thacher State Park – a beautiful place right in my own backyard (well, almost).  we drove up there today and could see forever… we could see the towers of downtown Albany, the Green Mountains of Vermont, and the highest mountain in Massachusetts.  on a clear day, you really can see forever.

3. The Home Front Cafe in Altamont, NY – walls and tables covered with WWII memorabilia, menu with items appropriately named, good food and good prices.  what’s not to like?  oh and they have a box of toys at the back of the restaurant for restless kids!

if you know our family, you know that while Josh “talks” a lot… A  LOT!… we still have no idea what he is saying most of the time.  i have been joking to Brian that when the missionaries arrived here for our conference at church, maybe one of them would be able to translate for us…

haha!  i am SMRT… we have a missionary staying at our house from Israel, and he says that Josh speaks Hebrew.  for the past few days, he’s been making sounds that sound like the words for daddy, teacher, and a few other things.  guess Brian will have to bone up on his biblical languages again 😀

that’s right! Wiggle along with me!!

i love the Wiggles 🙂 they are such happy guys, always eating healthy food and hanging out with a cool pirate and all!  oh, and did i mention the Aussie cool factor?

Josh loves them too, which is why we have shelled out some dough to take him to a Wiggles concert here in town, just after his 2nd birthday. Not only that, but Brian actually sat on the website until the ticket sales opened so we could get decent seats… how does 2nd row floor sound? pretty decent imo! i know – Josh won’t remember and may not even care all that much. but we will remember – we’ll remember the look of excitement that i know will be there when he realizes that the characters from his favourite tv show are right in front of him! it will be so much fun!