She's a Climber

While Elizabeth isn't quite walking yet, she definitely is climbing. It's becoming more and more common for me to find her on top of things.

lots of fun on top of the play table

going for the kleenex box, boy those things are fun to empty out, one tissue at a time

we have 't gated the stairs yet and Elizabeth likes to venture up there when she gets the chance

this time she decided to carry some stuff up there with her, which made me a little nervous

up at the top, rearranging her stuff, and undoubtedly headed for Mom and Dad's bathroom, where she loves to unroll the entire roll of toilet paper

Ooo! It's fun to play cars on top of the coffee table!

Feeling very happy and proud on top of the patio table

Current Events

We had so much fun at the park today with our friends Rose and Dale, I just have to post these pictures now, even though later tonight, you'll be hearing about events from back in December. 

Lunch was a hurried affair without much eating.  These kids were ready to hit the playground.

Who is that big girl in the striped pants over there playing with those other big kids? Oh! It's my baby Addie!

Emily is pretty darn excited about this slide!

Peek!

Rose showed off her climbing skills and then admired her view from up high.

Yes, Addison is carrying a ball around in her mouth.

Didn't quite get her fill at the picnic table, so it's time for some more sandwich.

Emily and her new little friend held up the line for the slides for quite some time. They were really getting a kick out of hearing everyone cheer for them to come on down!

After her second little lunch break on the bench, Addie decided it would just be most efficient to carry the sandwiches around with her while playing. The tupperware container was a bit cumbersome at times, but since she's used to carrying objects around with her wherever she goes all day long, she did pretty well.

Now this is one fun spinning whirligig. We heard lots of Emily giggles while Mama spun her around and around.

Wee!!

Spin Spin Spin!

Then Emily had to go and scare the daylights out of me by climbing to the top of the big kid playground after seeing Dale do it again and again. Luckily, there were lots of bars to prevent falling, but there were also lots of extremely steep slides and this little monkey is becoming quite the daredevil so I didn't quite trust her to stay on the bridges.

She was quite gleeful when she sensed my apprehension.

When Addison saw the attention Emily got for climbing so high, she had to follow. She made it up several flights of stairs with her sandwich box in hand.

Imagine a Tarzan yell here. Soon all four kids were high above us, and we ended up climbing up to surround them and heard them back down.

Good ol' close-to-the-ground fun!

Now, while all this playing has been going on, Dale has been collecting "treasures" in the treasure bag that Auntie Abbey gave him for the sole purpose of treasure hunting. I guess I was imagining rocks and maybe an occasional bottlecap. 

But instead, Dale's prize treasure of the day...a cigar butt. Hmmmm, sorry about that Mark and Wendy!

Sweet girl and her Mama (oh, sorry Dale, I told you I'd never call your Mommy a Mama again!)

 Can't wait to do it all again soon!

Climber

Addie climbed into her own high chair 7/11/12

A Case of the Moondays

Mondays can be hard. Daddy goes back to work, and Mom has her hands full. After an especially fun weekend with Dad, this particular Monday in July was just a little rough.

Emily smeared so much food in her hair and on her clothes at lunch, it was decided that a sink bath was the only way to go.

While Emily was getting cleaned up, Addison decided it was time to learn how to climb onto the kitchen chairs. But she didn't stop there, because the next highest thing around was the kitchen table!

**Don't worry, folks, I stopped her before she reached the coffee, and it was sitting cold from the morning, anyway.
***Also, our kitchen table no longer has anything on it. Ever.