The Little Red Lighthouse

Ezra received this lovely little book for his 2nd birthday from our friends the Cromars.  He has loved reading about the little lighthouse flashing it's light "one second on, two seconds off." It is one children's book that I really enjoy as well.  It's a good story(too bad it's not exactly true) and the writing is pretty.  The illustrations are really fun as the ships and the lighthouse and even the fog have subtle human characteristics.  

 Every September they have a Little Red Lighthouse Festival.  Of course, we had to go.  We met our friends the Maroon's and rode the train up to the Washington Heights.  There was a old-fashioned trolley-bus that shuttled us down to the river.  Emma and Ezra loved it.

The Gilmore's showed up later on and Ezra got to spend some time with his "best friend" Aunt Becky and his cousins.  We at food, threw rocks in the river, and did a lame-o "craft" which consisted of putting a white plastic cup on top of a red one and calling it a lighthouse.  The highlight, of course, was getting to climb up the STEEP spiral staircase and ladder to the top of the lighthouse.  Ezra thought it was pretty cool and Martin's fear of heights set in (it's not that high!)

Here we are inside the lighthouse.

And here is our happy boy.  Isn't that smile gorgeous?

(Lucia, although there is no evidence of such, you came too.  You had a fun time crawling in the grass and being entertained by Max and Ruby.  Next year we'll let you come up with us.)