7/21/2009

After work today, I stopped at Once Upon a Child (a gently used baby/children's store) and found Alexa a cute toy train that she can ride on. On the ride home from daycare, I told Alexa all about it. I don't think that she understood, but she was saying, "Choo Choo!" I had the train set up in the living room and when we entered the house she saw it right away and ran to it. She immediately climbed on and went for a ride. Then she started checking it out and discovered that the roof comes off the caboose. She put her sippy cup in there. We tried to fit Gavin in the caboose, but he was too big. When he gets a little bit older, he can sit on the top and they can both ride it.

Daddy and Gavin are watching Alexa ride the train up and down our sidewalk.

Gavin is enjoying peaches before bedtime.

7/19/2009

We met our friends Amanda, Rob, and Wyatt tonight for supper at Easton. Afterwards, we walked to the fountains so that Alexa could play in the water. Unfortunately, Mommy forgot to bring Alexa's swimming suit, so an extra shorts set that was in the diaper bag made do. Alexa didn't mind. She had a blast! While I was watching her play, I was thinking to myself how brave she is to walk away from us towards bigger kids that she doesn't know and go straight for the water. I don't think I would have done that when I was her age unless someone I knew was holding my hand.

Here she is waiting for the water. She kept looking at me and saying "More!" while also doing her sign language for the word more.

I literally had to drag her away from the water. She threw a big tantrum and actually bit me on the hand because she was so angry that we had to leave. Does anyone have any advise on biting? We need help!

7/19/2009

I bought the kids a fun toy on summer clearance. It's the cutest little octopus bubble maker. Gavin is fascinated by it, as you'll see in the pictures. He was reaching out for them and trying to crawl towards them.

Our All American Girl just pulled our little flag out from the dirt near our front porch.

7/18/2009

Alexa and Gavin's daycare had a fun carnival this weekend. They had fun games, fitness activities, fire safety with the New Albany fire department, food, and prizes.

Alexa tried the putt-putt once or twice. Then she started swinging the club around and almost whacked another child in the head. Maybe Alexa should have the foam golf club...

Did you notice Alexa's monkey on her back? It's something new that we are trying. To Alexa, it's just a monkey backpack, but the monkey is a harness and the tail is like a leash (although I hate to call it that!). We are trying to find a solution to the problem of Alexa running away from us, especially now that Gavin has outgrown his infant seat. It used to be that when I was picking the kids up from daycare and Alexa would get away from me, I could set Gavin's infant carrier on the ground while I caught up with Alexa. Now that Gavin is in his big-boy car seat, I have to carry him plus the diaper bag, so it would be really nice if Alexa would learn to walk beside me!

7/13/2009

After church on Sunday, we took the kids to the New Albany library. Alexa immediately noticed the huge stuffed bear sitting in the window. What a beautiful library! I can't believe I waited this long to go check it out. They have a wonderful family room that is perfect for our kids. The room is enclosed with walls of windows so I didn't have to worry about them being noisy, but I could also see out and watch other people. The family room was also equipped with lots of toys, puzzles, a kid-sized table and chairs, stuffed animals, bean bag chairs, and most importantly- tons of kid books! Alexa picked out one titled "Too Many Frogs." I also appreciated the comfy chairs and sofas for the parents. We left with several books and even a DVD (Beginner's Yoga for Dummies- for myself).

Here is Alexa playing quietly while I read a new book.

Okay, I think this is the messiest she's ever gotten during supper. She was actually patting applesauce into her hair.

I asked her, "What happened to your hair?" and this was her response.

Gavin is working on crawling.

(Daddy says, "Look! He pooped a lion!")

Playing with Daddy

Little Applebee's Dancer

Our family went out for supper tonight at Applebee's. On our way out, Alexa wanted to stand on the bench. Then she started dancing to the music playing overhead. She was so adorable. People coming and leaving the restaurant stopped to watch her and she even waved to a few of her fans.

7/11/2009

Today is a very special day! We want to wish Great-Grandma Morse a very happy birthday! We all love you!

Grandma Morse also shares her birthday with our Golden Retriever, Gabbi. She turned 5 years old today.

Alexa is wearing her blanket as a pink cape.

Alexa is excited to watch "Elmo in Grouchland" while Mommy cleans up the downstairs.

She's very interested.

Alexa is trying to hand Gabbi the pieces to her book. Obviously Gabbi could not grab them, so Alexa gave up and just shoved it between her toes! It was so cute.

Hugs for Gabbi on her birthday.

Hi Gavin!

(Doesn't he look more like Daddy everyday?)

Daddy fed Gavin his bottle and then they both napped for a short while until Alexa decided to crawl up on the couch and tickle Gavin's feet. She's so ornery!

Gabbi gets a special treat for her birthday. Alexa fed her some hot dogs (fat-free hot dogs since the vet has put Gabbi on a diet). Gabbi was loving it and Alexa really enjoys feeding the dog. Alexa kept telling me, "More! More!" (In the video below, you can see Alexa doing her sign language for "more.")

This is one happy dog.