A Good Morning

We've had a good morning so far, and it's only 10:30!

First, the girls got to play "Neighbors," which basically consists of moving two of the doll houses we have to the floor and setting them up side by side. I'm not sure how much the neighbors interact, but they have a good time - and don't get in too many disagreements!

And at the same time, Molly decided to play hide and seek. I was sitting at the table finishing breakfast, Hayden and Eliza were playing neighbor, and Molly was hanging out on the rug near them. Then I looked up and realized I couldn't see her. Somehow, she managed to get into the play kitchen! She thought it was great!

Then we went to the park before the heat hit. The girls did lots of climbing and Molly got her first time in a swing!

Hayden up high

Eliza climbing the swiss cheese.

Attentive big sister. She's a pusher, she is.

we're flying!

in the swing

everybody needed a turn to push

How did I get such a good grin? I asked her how old are you? She replied, two and three quarters!

up so high, and yet so brave

she climbed it over and over and over.

this is so fun, I have to make a funny face!

Go Go Gadget

Somebody is on the move.... or at least trying VERY hard to be on the move. Can you guess who?

Food, Glorious Food

As I alluded in the Nine blog, Molly is well into eating solids. We've embraced the Baby-Led Weaning method, and thus have given her mostly full size food for her to explore and taste. We did start out with rice cereal.

her first bite

what is this stuff?!

the food may not taste good, but I love you mommy!

mush face!

 She really wasn't a fan, so we quickly moved on to other things. She's not big on the spoon - she hasn't wanted to eat much of anything off it; not rice cereal, not avocado, not sweet potato, not even banana!

notice the head turned. no spoon food, no spoon food!

 

blah. mushed sweet potatoes. yuck!

But she likes playing with her food and checking out what we put on her tray. I think her favorites so far include baked sweet potato fries, pears, rice cakes, and cheerios. She seemd to like playing with apples, carrots, broccoli and avocado too. 

sweet potato fries, now these are yummy!

let me squish them.

broccoli! (not sure why she liked the stem end best.)

ahh! it's stuck to my lip! get it off!

pancake is good. how do I stuff it all in at once?!!

Her most favorite has been the asparagus. She played and sucked on those spears for so long! It was so funny to watch her figure it out.  I'm sure it because of the great CSA we're doing this summer. (I have a video of her eating asparagus, but can't get it to upload. Check back later!)

yum

 Cantaloupe was a recent addition to her repertoire.  It seemed to be a big hit. 
 

 So many more yummy foods to come! Just wait till you get to taste ice cream!! Or donuts, like the ones we made this week. Delish!

Crazy Clothes

Remember how I mentioned Eliza's kooky fashion sense? Coupled with her goofy personality, she ends up in some pretty funny outfits. I went through the next size up of clothes for Molly today, and thus was sorting thru a huge bin of clothes in sizes 9 months to 18 months (mostly 9 months and 12 months). Somehow I managed to keep Hayden and Eliza from 'helping' me too much, but I did turn my back at one point and Eliza had managed to put on an outfit from the bin. That's right, my two and half, thirty pound child fit into clothes for a baby. The first outfit was actually a shirt for a six month old! Needless to say, the sleeves were a 'bracelet' fit at least. She took that off too quick for a photo.

But this was her next choice. Not only does she fit in tiny clothes, she also matches patterns well!

She did have to ask for help to get the shirt off. It was too tight for her to do it herself.

Hayden kept wanting to pop into the picture.

And then when she finally got dressed for the day, this is what she chose. Again, she loves "matching" patterns together.

this was her pose when I told her I wanted to take a picture

I can't even remember why she made this face, but she makes it often while talking in a silly voice.

 
Amazingly she lasted the WHOLE day in that outfit - and in underwear! After a drawn out bedtime that included pooping in the diaper we put on at bedtime (she does NOT want to sit on the potty for poop yet. and yes, you needed to know that.) , she was finally ready for bed in this outfit...

Don't ya just love her?!!!