Warty toe

Simon had a wart on his toe appear a few months ago. It is partially under his toe nail so his regular doc sent us to the dermatologist. Because it is under his toe nail there could be issues with freezing it off so instead she gave us a cream to put on his toe every night for 6 weeks before we see her again. The cream is some mild acid or something and it is really doing a number on his poor toe. It doesn't usually hurt, but it does hurt when he kicks something with it. (Tested and proven! Don't you love 3 year olds.) Because he is a 3 year old and it is summer his toes are often dirty. We were told not to worry overly about the dirt, that it was more important to air it out during the day and just soak dirt out in the evening before the next application.  Simon loves all the baths!

Straight Crawler

Lillian's *favorite* stuffed watermelon was hiding under the pull-up table.  Lillian only had eyes for her watermelon and I guess didn't see the table hovering over it. She crawled at the table, banging her head into it a couple times before she finally nudged the darn thing up enough to slip under. Unfortunately for her when she finally got to the watermelon she was stuck. She tried to sit up and there was something above her. Frustrated noises! She tried going straight and just banged her head into the drawers of the TV stand. Angry exclamation! Finally she just cried a helpless, super frustrated cry and tried over and over to crawl through the drawers. (bump, bump, ahh!)

Like all good moms I took a picture before rescuing her from the table. When I lifted the table off of her she sat right up and glared at it with a betrayed look. Wish I had gotten that look as well but I was too busy laughing. At least she had the watermelon.

Lillian can stand!

I did a terrible job getting it on film, but she can stand on her own for like 30 seconds. Not bad for an almost 9 month old. Very advanced for her age, you know.

Meatheads for dinner

For dinner we headed over to meatheads. Got a few pictures of the cutest kids around. 

Friday At the Park

Friday Jenn called in sick so I stayed home with the kids. We went to a new park after Lillian's morning nap. In addition to a huge grassy field, there were a bunch of baseball diamonds. The one closest to us had a high school aged boy practicing pitching for about an hour. Simon watched quite intently most of the time. So intently, that as we were leaving one of the guys walked up to me and gave me his business card. Apparently he's the baseball coach at Lane Tech and also gives private lessons on the side. He usually coaches kindergarden and up, but said Simon had more focus than many of his kindergardeners. 

Is it crazy that I'm considering doing some lessons for Simon? He loves it so much and picks up everything we tell him so fast - shouldn't we get someone who really knows what to teach to show him? Not enough to make it not fun, just one or two... Now, in the comments, please stop the crazy mom.

Run free!

Happy baby.

She's ready to play kickball with Simon.

Watching (and pretending to bat for) the boy doing pitching practice.

He climbed about 2 feet off the ground and dropped a few times.

Lilly the Mimic

For a few weeks now, when you growl at Lilly she will growl back at you.  She and I have done that so much that now she will often greet me with a growl when she first sees me.  This weekend I discovered that she's learned a new trick: if she hears you whistle, she'll try to whistle back.  She has no idea how to actually whistle though, so she just makes a high pitched noise to try and imitate the sound you made.

 

Auntie Colleen and Joe's House

Last Sunday I gave Alan a well deserved day off and took both kids out to Auntie Colleen and Joe's house. We admired their new furniture, got chipotle for a picnic in the courtyard and then walked to the park, which had a huge baseball diamond and a water-play area.

It was the first time Lillian really paid attention to Bailey-Dog and Lillian was not a big fan. Amazingly if she was on the ground when Bailey approached then Lillian was totally cool, but if you were holding her she made the most concerned noises and faces.

It was a great day! 

Lillian meeting Bailey-Dog. 

Chipotle Picnic!

Splash zone in the park.