Week 29: A Visit from Grandma and Grandpa

What a busy week! On Friday I took the day off work to accompany Jonah on a field trip to the farm museum in Queens. Jonah got to ride a school bus! Oh, and he got to go to the farm museum, ride a pony, take a hay ride, pet chickens. . . . but he got to take a ride on a school bus! He was pretty excited and we had a really good time!

Friday night, after Jonah was asleep, Grandma Connie and Grandpa Jack (my parents) arrived for a visit. Jonah was excited that Grandma and Grandpa were coming and woke up first thing on Saturday and, without being reminded that they were here, asked to go wake them up. They returned home this morning and Jonah cried and cried when they left. They got in a car to go to the airport and the three of us went straight to the subway to go to school and work. People on the train platform were looking at us rather inquisitively as Jonah wailed down the platform. Needless to say, it was great visit and we all had a good time. 

My intent for this week's photo was to get a nice portrait of Jonah with Grandma and Grandpa, but we were so busy with activities that I never had a chance. My next thought was to get a portrait of just Grandma and Grandpa after Jonah was in bed - but we were so busy that even that didn't happen. So, I knew which photo I wanted as my Plan C. 

Above - Grandma has been wanting to visit Governors Island. Sunday was a beautiful day in NYC, so we decided to go. Governors Island is very much a work in progress, but it's still a great place to go, have a picnic and enjoy the views and the history. Mom, Grandma and Grandpa were getting lunch from a food cart while Jonah and I went to reserve our picnic table. He sat down in this beautiful pool of light with the red table nicely contrasting with the green trees and blue sky. Perfect. 

The photo is the rented 35mm lens (yep - going to have to buy one some day) at f/2 and sunlight. 

And. . . just to give Grandma and Grandpa a little spotlight - here are a couple from our walk along the East River getting to the ferry to Governors Island: