Happy Father's Day

Safe Place

This is the tv set up in the living room. You wouldn't think a 65 pound dog would a) fit behind it and b) want to be behind it. Think again.

See me?

Plenty of room.

Sure I have to push the sub-woofer aside to squeeze back there and then do a special little dance to get over all the power cords before I lay down, but it's totally worth it. It keeps me safe from storms (we won't talk about the possibility of lightning striking and frying the tv) and I've found that it keeps me safe from 3 year olds and nearly 6 month olds. Win-win.

Pool Time

My people set up the backyard pool last week, in all of it's whale shaped glory. The girl has a blast playing in it and I enjoy drinking out of it (since my people haven't replaced my outside drinking water bucket).

The pool is shaped like a whale. With a huge tail. Not obnoxious at all.

Cheese! Like how you can only see Henry's chins peeking out from under his hat?

Henry was not a fan of the pool. He didn't mind getting his toes wet, but once his trunks made it into the water he started crying. I don't blame him. Hose water is cold!

Lily started swim class this week at the local pool. She seems to like it, but only lasts about 20 of the 30 minutes before yelling "Mommy, I'm cold! Daddy, I'm cold!" She's completed 4 of the 8 classes and got a progress report (really, a progress report for a summer swim class?). Anyway, there are 3 more things she needs to work on in order to "pass". Two of them involve her putting her face in the water. Maybe my people will set up the whale monstrosity again this weekend so she can practice. I hope so. I get thirsty outside.

MH25

My people took the kiddos to the park last weekend to celebrate the city's 25th anniversary. There were carnival rides and a fireworks show. Lily rode two rides and loved them both. My people discovered that the older they get, the less excited they are about spinning though. :) During the fireworks, whenever an explosion of pink appeared, Lily would say "Ooh, there's a pink one. That's my favorite!" Every. Single. Time. Henry enjoyed hanging out in his stroller and people watching. He didn't take his normal dinnertime nap and was up from 3:15 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The longest he's ever been awake in one stretch in his short 5 months. They say he was a trooper though and didn't fuss at all. Meanwhile, I was left at home to fend for myself during the scary fireworks.

Click below to see some pics.

MH25

What I Put Up With

The little girl likes to put things on my head. This is an eraser. I am not amused.

5 Months Old and Other Random Tidbits

Henry is 5 months old today.

He's getting really good at rolling. Probably because he practices in his crib when he should be sleeping. He demonstrated his rolling abilities this morning by making himself into a baby burrito.

Yes, he's on a blanket that has pink on it. One of the joys of having a big sister and using some of her stuff. Here's a picture of him on a cooler blanket to make up for it. Notice the "Tiny Tiger" shirt. Awesome.

The biggest new thing he's done this month is he's started on cereal. Sort of. He doesn't hate it, but isn't super excited about it either. We're still working on mechanics a bit before moving on to other foods. Here's some super exciting video of his first cereal feeding.

In other random news:



-Lily fell down the basement stairs eariler this week. The hardwood basement stairs with ceramic tile at the bottom. It was only the last 3 or 4 steps, but it scared my big girl person to death. Lily's ok though. Just got a little red mark on her nose. Now she keeps asking my big girl "Did you push me down the stairs?" Um, no. She caught you at the bottom. Thanks for asking though. And please don't repeat that out in public. Thanks.



- I spent several days in my "house" while we had some tree work done. Perhaps if I get my act together, there'll be a post with pictures and video. In any case, we have 2 less trees in our yard now.



- We seem to be a Pull-Up free house now. No more night time usage. Yea!



- My big girl person and the kiddos went strawberry picking the other day. Now my big girl person feels like Bubba from Forrest Gump...strawberry streusel muffins, strawberry smoothies, strawberries w/ whipped cream, strawberries on graham crackers w/ cream cheese...

OCD

My tall girl person has a bit of an OCD when it comes to Play-Doh. She doesn't like the colors to be mixed together. You can imagine she has a hard time watching Lily play with Play-Doh.