A Day With Noah

Shay is finishing up her semester in school and so Noah and I take off everyday to give her some time to study.  We go to the grocery store--if I did it alone it's about a 5 minute walk--with Noah it's 15.  He finds new things to look at and wonder about each time we go.
We also try to go to the park everyday.  Noah has quickly learned to take toys to share and that way he lures little people to stick with him.  They can't understand each other, but really is there a need?  The language of play is universal.  On our most recent trip to the park I met an au pair from the Bay Area of California.  It was so nice to speak English to someone and I think for her too because we sure found a lot to talk about.  She was a very pretty young woman and I asked her if she thought the Italian men are just so good looking?  Her response was yes BUT she continued to say they all look like they spend more time getting ready for the day than she does and that was so unappealing to her.  An observation I had totally missed.