What a perfect day. It began by receiving a beautiful gift from Tammy and Jordan. A blown up version of this photograph, which I didn’t even know existed:

Then we went to Will Rogers State Park for a picnic with the Chammou/Camu/Gordon crew where the weather and food were also perfect.

Jordan ran around and around and around

and played

and kissed his cousin Ari, who reciprocated

And then we relaxed back at home

I spent most of the day just feeling lucky to have such a loving family both in L.A. and Chicago.

We tried to get in before the summer rush, but I think it was the first day of summer rush. A bit crowded, so lines weren’t so fun, but Jordan did well on all of the rides.

The tram ride to the park and the merry-go-round were two of his favorites. Although it’s hard to see that from his face here

He also loved to look at the clock outside at the It’s a Small World ride. Whether he enjoyed It’s a Small World itself is up for debate. You be the judge, here we are entering the first tunnel.

But meeting Mickey was definitely the highlight. Jordan went right in to try to hug or kiss him but Mickey’s nose was sort of in his way.

And then real biggest best highlight was meeting up with Michelle, Jim and Sylvie, and we watched Jordan’s and Sylvie’s crush bloom

Hugs

and kisses

The best part of this week is that Jordan has been telling us he loves us all on his own, several times. Just out of the blue he tells us and then comes to give us hugs and kisses. What could be better?

We met up with Tali and Shira and families at Marina Park a couple of weeks ago. Despite Jordan stepping in dog poop, which ended up on his pants we had a beautiful day. Luckily a pair of Ari’s pants fit (at least his waist).

I caught this video on a recent outing to the Grove. They put speakers in the flower pots so it sounds like there’s music coming out of the flowers. Jordan loved it! But also kept saying it was “too loud!”

We also got to celebrate cousin Zakai’s first birthday at Avi and Jan’s. Eytan and Reva got him a Pinata.

And last weekend we had another great night at the Cashmans. Jordan and Sylvie play so nicely together. They have a cute little crush on each other

But as you can see, sometimes his car/truck obsession gets in the way of having a good time and talking to people.

So we tried a little experiment and removed all cars and trucks from our house after he went to sleep one night. The next morning when he asked for them we told him there were no cars or trucks today but there would be other fun stuff to do. SO far after 4 days he’s been a model child. He’s been so sweet and left his car tantrums behind. I’m sure the cars/trucks will come back out, but for now we are enjoying other fun things like our new backyard wading pool

And as usual, we always have fun with Jordan at the dinner table:

Making this kind of silly face:

eating ice cream:

and eating (spicy) tacos

Tomorrow I’m taking the day off to take Jordan to DISNEYLAND for the first time. Hopefully some fun, smiling photos with Mickey in my next post.