Since his third birthday, Ezra has been doing a lot of growing up in preparation for becoming a big brother. His latest step is disposing of his pacifier, once and for all. We captured the moment on video, now posted in the Photo Gallery.
So I got a new sistah comin’, see, so I’m gettin’ rid of this paci…
We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our baby sister (due in just a couple of weeks!) but we stole a moment to take one last (maternity) photoshoot as a family of four, now posted in the Photo Gallery.
Eager to meet our little sister
Even while pregnant and “stuck” in temporary housing, Holly managed to plan another jumpy-house birthday extravaganza to celebrate Avi turning 5 and Ezra reaching the ripe old age of 3. Pictures in the Photo Gallery!
Happy Birthday to Us!
GFW fans, a number of you pinged me yesterday asking about the Tahoe pictures. Where were the pictures of the actual SKIING?
Fans, skiing is an ACTION SPORT. We don’t capture action sports with simple still photography at GFW. We rock the VIDEO. What do you think this is, the 80’s? I hope you aren’t using a dial-up modem for this 3 minute 15 second masterpiece of some of the most fly skiing that you have ever seen from a 5 year old and a 3 year old—it was HOT on the slopes (and not just because the temperature was 55 degrees).
Check it out in the VIDEO column of the Photo Gallery. Boom!
Ezra, about to TEAR IT UP on the slopes
Where have all of the updates gone? Well, since the fire, we’ve been trying to get our headquarters back online (still a work in progress), which has made blog updating difficult. Further, with both Avi and Ezra growing into crime-fighting superheros, it has been more difficult to capture pictures and video.
However, a friend recently went undercover and captured secret footage of an underground dojo, where she caught Avi doing some Taekwondo training. We’re now making this video accessible to the public in the Gallery.
Before our house blaze a month ago, Avi used to enjoy riding his “tippy bike” (no pedals) in our cul-de-sac. We were concerned that a month in the hotel might dull his bike-riding skills but NO(!)—apparently, he has been sharpening them through mental visualization. Although he hasn’t been on two wheels for a month, four-year-old Avi saw his opportunity at a birthday party this past weekend. He grabbed someone else’s bike and ZOOM!, off he went on his very first big-boy bicycle ride. You can check out the full video of Avi’s very first bike ride (no training wheels!) here:
As we were closing out 2012 and starting to plan for the new year, Holly asked Avi what kind of a Birthday Party he wanted in order to celebrate his turning the big 0-4 and his brother turning two. Without hesitation, Avi announced “a Superhero party.” Well, Holly was thrilled because it meant that, for at least one day in 2013, she would not need to keep her secret identity so hidden: Supermom! Two months of planning and arts-and-crafts projects followed, culminating in the best Four Year Old and Two Year Old birthday party that Avi or Ezra had ever had in their honor! With 70+ responses to the Evite, no Bad Guys, and a brand-new Sno Cone maker (Dad’s Hanukkah gift from Aunt Liz, Uncle Jake, and Cousin Henry), this party was rockin!
A few days ago, we posted a video tour of the Superhero Extravaganza (check that out first if you haven’t seen it yet). Today, we added a slide show of photos (and a couple of shorter videos) to the Photo Gallery. Enjoy!
Superman and Batman are here to Save the Day!
On Saturday, we celebrated Avi’s and Ezra’s birthdays (4 and 2, respectively) with a Superhero-themed Birthday Party. It was a spectacular event that entertained nearly 70 people with creative activities, foods, and decorations around every turn. Holly transformed our house into a Superhero utopia, so we can’t help but recognize the greatest superhero of them all: Super Mom!
We’ll share more pictures and videos later in the week but for now, check out this video tour of the event. And to all of you, friends and family, who are far away (especially those of you buried under two feet of snow!): if you lived here, you could have enjoyed Sno Cones as you learned to Fly, too!
The video tour is now posted in the Photo Gallery.
Supermom!
Only Superheros (and Superheros-in-Training) allowed!
Gotham City
Happy Thanksgiving GFW fans! The Patriots are playing on Thanksgiving this year (woohoo!) so, even though we’ll be eating turkey, we thought we’d send along a couple of family pictures in the spirit of eating and football… which have gone together since well before the NFL made it official with Thanksgiving day games.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Avi and Daddy enjoy some pizza and football
We’re thankful for our family…
Gobble Gobble
Halloween is Grossman Family West’s favorite holiday of the year and this year we embraced a spooktacular week of events with lots of friends. We made Halloween cookies, visited a pumpkin farm (we got there by train!), dressed up in costume for various events (including a party for parents—can you guess what Holly and Joel are dressed up as?) and, of course, we went trick or treating as a family (Ezra’s first time)! We’re sad that Halloween is over but we have already started planning for next year.
We had so much fun that we had a tough time narrowing down the pictures and videos to share with you… but ultimately we succeeded and there’s a new Halloween 2012 album in the Photo Gallery just waiting for you!
Ezra the Spider catches a lift on Daddy the Wolf (in Grandma’s clothing)
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