July 12 - another big day at the Randall Museum!

Hi Everybody!
It's me, Julien the Toddler!
Tuesday July 12 was a fun day for me - I went to the Randall Museum with DOJ, and met up with various friends - Zealand (with his mommy and new baby sister Avery), Ruby (with her mommy), Rowan (with his very pregnant mommy), and Marcella (with *her* very pregnant mommy). It was a very fun time together, and several of the mommies (and DOJ) got to chat about toddlerhood, pregnancy, and the other silly topics that parents discuss when they get together with us.
Although we all had fun together, for the most part DOJ just took pictures of me with Zealand because he was too busy keeping on top of us!

Here we are playing separately while being in the train room together.

At last Zealand notices my descent from the platform...

And soon we're sliding down the ramp! Behind us are his mommy and baby sister, as well as Marcella with her pregnant mommy. I assume that the mommies are discussing the joys of being mommies to toddlers and how nothing else in the world is anywhere near as important as the joy of a toddler!

Although we don't actively race each other, Zealand can slide down faster than I.
Eventually we ended up in the puppet room!

It's hard to tell, but we actually threw puppets everywhere.

We also picked up puppets... so that we could throw them again!

At one point, I was standing and holding a puppet.

Look at Zealand's speed - at one point he faced East. Suddenly he faced West!

Look how fast Zealand can move his head while I stand still! I tell you, my friend is fast!
Eventually all the action in the train room and puppet room started to get us a bit tired, so we headed to the Lego area.

We were both a bit tired and more serious at this point.

We seriously studied the Legos and how we could make some buildings - so that they can shake and fall apart during an earthquake. While Zealand works on making a Lego building, I'm preparing the earthquake speed (the black knob) - you can see my right hand!

As Zealand steadies the red building, I get ready to press the blue button, which will start the earthquake process.

You may notice that the red building has fallen... thanks to the earthquake simulation!

And in case you're wondering, I'm standing in the bin with extra Legos while Zealand is standing on a wooden bench by the Legos.
We both fit very well next to each other.
Since this fun day in early July, I have since continued to play a lot with my friends. We all have the best times together!
Love,
Julien the Toddler

Back to July... Caught in the Middle!

Hi Everybody!
It's me, Julien the Toddler!
I'm sorry that I haven't been blogging for such a long time. In fact I spent the entire month of September away from blogging. As always, there's so much going on with my life. I'm a very busy toddler, which is a bit redundant since every toddler I know is very busy! That's the part of the definition of toddler: a busy person aged between 2 and 3 years old, cute as ever, and growing up fast.
Here I am on Thursday, July 14 at the Eureka Valley playground - I spent the morning here with Henry, a fellow toddler who I've known since late 2010. We ran havoc in the playground, both together and parallel; here I am playing in the middle of the see saw, simply because I have fun sitting on a seat of the see saw, as well as sitting in the middle of the see saw when others are riding the see saw!

As you can see, initially I'm just sitting.

My weight isn't causing the see saw to tilt - rather it's one of the riders!

Here I'm still getting my bearings as the see saw tilts on each side of me!

Look - no hands!

I really enjoy stretching the arms as I maintain my balance.
And here's one of DOJ's favorite songs, to go with these pictures and blog post...

Oy vey.
Love,
Julien the Toddler

18 months later...

Hi everybody!
It's me, Julien the Toddler.
As always, I'm very behind in my blogging but I'm trying to get caught up.
I'm so thrilled to always have a lot of fun with my friends. It's really amazing that our parents make efforts to get us together and drive us places, since I don't yet have my driver's license.
On Monday June 20, DOJ and I went to see Stef and Lily at their house. Lyra was there with her mommy, as were Penny and Abby with their mommy! Super fun!
DOJ couldn't resist taking some pictures of Lily, Lyra, and me on the couch... because as you may remember, in January 2010 he took some pictures of the 3 of us on the couch together.

That's me - caught in the middle between Lyra (in green) and Lily (in purple).

I really wasn't in the mood to pose for pictures, although the girls were more than happy to participate in a photo-op!

I was pretty much done!

Sorry DOJ - you may want to take pictures, but I didn't sign a model's consent. I'm outta here!

In contrast, here's a cute picture from another Monday - January 18, 2010 - Lily, Lyra, and me! Lily's eyes are shut only because she had kept her eyes open for the longest time, ready for a pose, except that I was looking away and DOJ was trying to get a shot where I was facing forward. Ooops. Anyway you can see the original blog post from that day by clicking here!
I'm so thankful to get to see Lily and Lyra a lot still - we're all getting older and they will both start preschool in September. My family and I feel very happy and appreciative for having known them for so long! It's just so special.
Love,
Julien the Toddler

6/9/11 - Bernal Playground with old friends!

Hi Everybody!
It's me, Julien the Toddler!
Here I am at Bernal Playground, where I ran into some old friends - Nolan and Eli! Eli is a bit older than I, whereas Nolan is a bit younger. So this means that Eli is a bit older than Nolan. I ran into them with their nanny Graciela; granted we've run into each other at Bernal Playground a lot before, but this time we took some pictures as well!

Here we are at the slide structure - Eli is behind me and Nolan is waiting for me. Here's an exciting story - Eli is now a big brother! So big yay for Eli and his family!

These guys sure are fun! I first met Eli last summer, although I've known Nolan even longer - since February 2010, when DOJ and I first saw him and his mommy at the library and then Good Life. It was only fitting to learn that his mommy and DOJ are in the same Momz group. Eli's mommy Serena is also in the Momz group! In fact there is a blog post of Nolan and me playing together in April 5, 2010 - below is a picture from that day!

Same jacket, but different hair... click here for the link to that post!

I'm having fun just sitting on the edge of the slide...

I can't decide if I want to exit towards the left or right direction.

Finally I'm ready to exit the slide! And you can see Nolan as well! Note that this is June, but that we are ALL wearing jackets - and Eli & Nolan are both wearing hats! Incidentally the green sweater I'm wearing has a hood, and was originally a sweater that my parents bought for Veronica in Paris in 2005! Now I get to wear it...
Can I resist... If I could wear your jacket...

Love,
Julien the Toddler