Happy day at the park

We took the kids out on thanksgiving day for a morning walk and last minute shop. At the park, the kids turned on their cute and just melted my heart. I didn't get "the" pumpkin patch photo that we did over the last 2 years, but this is clearly the fall favorite.

Thanksgiving Day Parade

Happy thanksgiving!! We had a wonderful day with the kids, Dado & Beebles full of playing, naps, turkey and potatoes... And our own parade. While everyone wasn't fully game, I do this is a new game we will see again!

Amelia tries the slide

We took the kids to the park today and Amelia tried out the slide. The first time down gave us a great look of consternation that we didn't capture on film. This was the next time down...

Little Miss Solid Foods

Amelia has started to go to town on feeding herself solids.... just in time. I've been getting frustrated with the whole experience of feeding her lately, it has just seemed to be one more thing to have to struggle with between her wanting to grab the spoon, objecting to anything not applesauce, and smearing food all over her face. Awesome.

On Sunday night dinner, I made the usual Roast Chicken (which makes the house smell soooo good and is super moist). As we sat and ate dinner, she was not all that excited about jar du jour so I gave her a little chicken - and it was gone. I gave her some peas, and they were gone - and of course the cheerios and blueberries disappeared! With that, I am now focusing on trying to give her some food that she can feed herself, along with the pureed mush. Last night she mostly ate a full dinner of turkey burger, baked potatoes, cooked carrots, and then more blueberries and cheerios. She happily sat in her high chair for about 45 minutes as she ate, mumbled delightfully to herself, and occasionally dropped things on the floor. I am so proud of my little Bug who is turning into quite the eater! (And I love to not have to feed her...)

It all starts here...

It seems our Little Bug is off to the races. She has been on the early side of milestones all along and this is no exception. On Friday, when we picked the kids up from daycare, we were a little surprised to see her walking by pushing the little walker. Since then, she has been walking in our house pushing both Miles' little red wagon and the old Winnie the Pooh train. It's amazing to see her just growing up!

Sweet Mia

To avoid the rain this weekend, we headed down to the Monterrey Bay Aquarium on Saturday with Uncle Yoyo, Tylie and Tody. Miles had a great time in the Kids Zone and chose to spend his time on all the kids activities, like putting wings on the sea horses and rolling Dodo Bird eggs off the cliff, and not particularly watch the fish. I had Amelia strapped to my chest, who was totally engrossed in all the activity! I don't know which was more exciting for her, watching all the kids, people or fish, but she was certainly curious... and known to stare down anyone who dared look back at her!

Snuggles with a little boy

My little boy can be a snuggler sometimes - and other times, just a happy little busy boy.... both of which were captured in the following.

LOVE HIM!!! (And looks like we need to start working on potty language...)