Thursday Shana Tova Blogging 090910

SteelyKid goes to day care at the Jewish Community Center, which is closed today and tomorrow for Rosh Hashanah. Here we see her calling all her friends on the phone in her play house to wish them a happy new year, and let Appa offer his own greetings:

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The two-day closing is, as you might imagine, kind of inconvenient for us But it's all good, because SteelyKid is going to celebrate the holiday with a few days at Grandma and Grandpa camp, so here's a special Toddler Blogging shot, with bonus grandparents for scale:

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(Both of these were taken with my spiffy new telephoto lens, the Canon 55-200mm one I asked about a while ago. This was overkill, given that I had to back up to get everybody in the frame, but it was new and shiny and I was playing around testing it out, so what the hell.)

They picked her up this morning, and headed out after an early lunch at what SteelyKid ate an impressive amount of mac and cheese. I hope this didn't lead to another Barfy Toddler Incident on I-88...

While we'll miss her terribly, Kate and I are looking forward to a few leisurely dinners in sit-down restaurants. Pity there aren't any good movies playing.

More like this

[Scene: Dinner at Chateau SteelyPips. DADDY is starting to say something about his day at work, when STEELYKID interrupts.] STEELYKID: If you eat too many hot dogs, you'll turn into a hot dog!
Long-time readers will remember that I used to do weekly kid-blogging, posting pictures of SteelyKid with a reference animal, Appa the sky-bison from the Avatar cartoon.
In the car, on the way from day care to campus to watch a softball game DADDY: So, what did you do at school today? STEELYKID: Daddy, I'm a superhero. They call me Strong Ninja Girl. Strong World-Saving Ninja Girl. DADDY: Because you save the world?
Those of you who follow me on Twitter/ Facebook have been getting the occasional snippet of cute dialogue from SteelyKid over there. This one's a little too long for breaking into 140-character blocks, so while I wait for her to come downstairs so we can make pancakes, a cute SteelyKid story:

Great shot.