East Lansing Take 2

My apologies to all of the loyal Yoni fans. We are in the process of hiring a publicist, but Yoni always finds some fault which each of the potential hires. For example, Harry the Horse just didn't have the dexterity; Mr. Wazzup had a tendency to embellish, and Donkey, well, Donkey is just a stuffed animal (I didn't have the heart to tell Yoni that the others are too). I hope this post will alleviate your DTs.

Below are some pics from Yoni's trip to E Lansing several weeks ago. Below is Saba Mort talking to Yoni about Midrash. It took a while for Yoni to get that Midrash had nothing to do with the itching on his belly.

Here is Savta Aviva and Doda Ronit entertaining Yoni. What does Yoni think is so funny, you ask? Ronit just told Yoni that MSU's basketball team will be in the Final 4. In all fairness, they did better than predicted. Now "Go Green!" can be returned to the environmentalists.


Saba Mort and Yoni share a moment of play on the bed. Saba Mort had to take Yoni from the living room because he wasn't able to stop laughing at Ronit's MSU comment. Luckily, Yoni and Ronit can root for the Detroit Tigers together. By the way, baseball's opening days are today and tomorrow, so you might not see any additional posts until September.

Yoni is sharing a big smile with Savta Aviva. Aviva has always been able to make him smile, but recently he is much less stingy with them. We absolutely love his gummy smiles, and will probably be a little sad when they are interrupted by little white teeth.



We're back home now, although these pictures are still several weeks old (from the beginning of March)!
Yoni is an excellent airplane, but much like the frozen discs of urine from real airplanes, it is necessary to dodge the strings of drool that occasionally leak from his mouth. However, unlike frozen urine pucks, drooly spit in the eye isn't all that unpleasant.

I'm not sure why we don't have a picture of him more visibly enjoying airplane, but he really does. The pictures below are better at demonstrating that even when he looks like a dork, he's still pretty cute.


Yael and Yoni had a play session in the mirror where Yael would smile and laugh in the mirror, and Yoni would return the favor.


I think Yoni finally figured out that it's him in the mirror, and well, it came as quite a surprise. What do you think?


Yoni had his first solid food today. We gave him spinach, although generally all the doctors suggest rice cereal. Perhaps spinach isn't recommended due to the possible interference with muscle development --- we were quite shocked by the acute and dramatic results. Yoni also spoke his first words today; they were something about a sailor man, and then he kept asking for Olive Oil.

I just had to include this picture of the cheese counter at Zingerman's. Mmmmmmm, cheese!