A couple of friends stayed over the house this weekend, and we decided to pull out a bouncing ball and see how their son and Aviva enjoyed the ball. They both loved “kicking” the ball, as you can see in this video we captured of Aviva and me playing “foosball”.

(as always, you might need to visit the actual post to see the video – it is also online on Facebook if you’re on there)

While we were in Michigan a few weeks ago, an old family friend stopped over at my parent’s house and entertained us all by putting on a performance of her puppet show, starring Coco the monkey. It was actually a very special moment for me to experience with Aviva and Joelle, as I have such fond memories of seeing the same show when I was younger. Aviva was enthralled with it all, but was especially amazed (and laughing) when Maureen/Coco pulled out her/his kazoo, and started (through ventriloquism) playing the kazoo; Aviva giggled more than any of us had seen before, and was rapt with attention whenever she guessed the kazoo was coming back out.

Aviva’s really started to move around over the last couple of days. While I wouldn’t call it crawling yet, she sure manages to creep from place to place!

She also has a few favorite things to try and grab – Molly, of course, but also either of our cell phones, along with her set of fake keys.

I had accidently left my phone on the floor, and Aviva decided it needed to be hers – video ensued!

(you might need to visit the actual post to view this video, as usual. If you are Facebook, it’s the same video I already posted there).