Losing control

Sometimes I think I've lost all control...or is this me learning patience...or is this teaching Adde how to be a helper...or am I just lazy. Perhaps this should be a multiple choice question...

Scissors

The obsession to cut started with cutting coupons just like I did. Now she wants to cut all the time. She's actually pretty good at it. With help she was able to trace her own hand and cut it out. We made a high five poster for daddy with her hand cut out.

Notice in the video that she chomps her mouth every time she closes the scissors...haha! First time I've notice that.

Growing Up

It's just fun to watch all the things your baby learns to do. Hard to believe that it wasn't that long ago that all Eleanor did was lay on the floor. Now she is crawling everywhere and pulling herself up on things, so even watching this first attempt at lunging for something seems so long ago.





I feel like we had a video entitled "Adde Jump Up" about two years ago. Really should look back in the archives to compare. Maybe another time.

When daddy's in charge...

things are run a little bit differently.  This was his entertainment one evening.

Such girls

Big stuff...

or so she thinks she is...graham crackers, Ritz crackers, Cheerios, cheese pieces. I think I am ready for the table food stage though. Making baby food is not as fun the second time around.

Bob

The new (well not so new anymore) summer do! Makes her look even older.

Meeting Dora and Diego

Dora and Diego made an apperance at the Mall of America. I knew Adde would love it. I knew it would also be crazy to attend. Thankfully my friend Candy came with along with her two boys (the day after being really sick too...don't know how she did it). We stood in line for a good 40 minutes, but the kids were surprisingly good. I wish I could have recorded Adde's face when she saw Dora. Such excitement for a character! The good/bad thing about these Toddler Tuesday events at the mall are that kids eat free. By lunch time we had two crabby babies that had not yet napped and two wild toddlers that just wanted to run through the mall. Somehow we made it through lunch, back to the car, and home - completely exhausted. But I think definitely worth it. Just don't ask me to do it again anytime soon.

Good Hair Day

for both of them:)

Where are my babies?