JIF

Not the peanut butter! Introducing Jeneric's Imaginary Friend (JIF), aka, Mary (as in the Mary with the naughty lamb).

Mary? Are you under the blanket?

Maroon & Gold!

It's good to know where her loyalties are!


Gimme an M!


Gimme an I! Oh, good grief. You know the rest - NNESOTA! Go Gophers!


Yes, you may have my autograph.




Which way did Goldy Gopher go?

Observe before committing

Toddler Jeneric was in need of a haircut. So was Aunt Kelly. Do you see where this is going?

Step 1. Observe.


Step 2. Try out the chair.




Step 3. Wash that hair!




Step 4. Cut.




Step 5. Blow dry.




Step 6. "One more thing."
Toddler Jeneric had keenly watched Aunt Kelly's haircut - all the way to the very end, when the stylist put mousse (or something) in Aunt Kelly's hair. After the blow drying was done, Toddler Jeneric confidently said, "One more thing! One more thing!" The stylist spritzed some hairspray about 3 feet above Toddler Jeneric's head and poof! We were done.

Results of the latest gallup poll

Er, Wily Jeneric Poll. The summary stats are in the upper right-hand corner. Most readers placed their bets on Baby Wily's height exceeding the car seat's limit.

The data are in. Drum roll? (insert funny drum roll noise in your head now)

Weight: 16 lb 3 oz (85th percentile)
Height: 25" (62nd percentile)

Perhaps her tall gene has yet to activate. Or perhaps we should cry 'foul!' at the measurement techniques used at the doctor's office. Independent measures of Baby Wily logged in heights of 25.5" and 26.5". That gives us a mean of 25.7 with a StDev of 0.82. Which means Baby Wily is indeed shorter than the 26" limit of her car seat.


(Baby Wily helps Aunt Kelly with the math.)

Next poll: When will Baby Wily's height exceed the maximum limit of her car seat?

Interlude

How many Wily Jeneric's does it take to clear a clogged drain?

Four!

The best toys

remain the classics - blocks, in this case.


The architect takes a break to admire her work.


The creative process.


Take a tour of block town - note the castle with moat in the foreground. In the back, we have two towers - one for Toddler Jeneric, the other for Baby Wily. Beyond the towers flow several rivers, each with a stop sign.


And then King Kong Jeneric came through.

Interlude

Hey! Do your civic duty! Vote! We've got a poll going - see it in the upper right-hand corner of the blog. Polls close Thursday.

Guest Blogger Aunt Kelly!

The story of my trip to Michigan starts with a message on Mom and Dad's answering machine Wednesday night ... "Only 48 hours until I'm home and we're on our way!!"

Next came the stipulations for the car ride... "We can only stop 3 times, once for lunch and one time before and one time after"

I mean come on, I had important people to see!



Toddler Jeneric would like me to mention that there is a huge difference between "napping" and "resting." Below we are resting.



See when you are just resting, you still have time to tickle Auntie Kelly, Grandma, and Grandpa



Determined to get Toddler Jeneric to like sledding, we bundled up and headed for the hill. Grandpa finally convinced her to sit in the sled while he pulled. Unfortunately, we didn't have the camera with to catch the tight corner that ended with Toddler Jeneric face first in the snow. Needless to say, we won't be going sledding again this week.



Back indoors, Toddler Jeneric proved to be a relentless personal trainer. Daddy wasn't allowed to slack on his exercises with Toddler Jeneric counting "22, 28, 28, 28 ..."



But at least she was kind enough to demonstrate the exercise before letting Daddy do it.

Peas in a pod

In deference to the suggestion of Mystery Politico, a conscientious commenter to this blog, we present Caption This! Friday. Peruse the following photos and, in the comments, leave a caption.

Interlude

Ask Toddler Jeneric where her Mama works and these days she answers: "The castle."

Right side in

Oh, wait. That might be white side in. Ah, toddler-ese. By the time you're fluent, so are they!

Interlude

Despite our best efforts - nearly 2 months of regular posting! - the comments at Wily Jeneric remain few and far between. What do we have to do to get a comment out of you people? Change our parenting role model to William Tell?

So go ahead - evolve and leave a comment this week at Wily Jeneric.

(p.s. We in no way mean to insult fans of archery, apples, classical music or Rossini.)
(p.p.s. A hearty Happy 150th birthday to our man, Mr. Charles Darwin!)

Mornings around here

We eat, we sleep, we tickle. Not always in that order.

Ribbit!

A girl and her frogs. What could be better?







For those who don't know - those frogs are non-slip treads for the bathtub - except, they aren't non-slip!

Interlude

Conversation with Toddler Jeneric (TJ):

Me: TJ, when did you wake up today?
TJ: Oh, a few minutes before Daddy came to get me.

Baby Wily

Roger! Copy that!

The Wily Jeneric family enjoyed the Super Bowl (special treat - eating in the living room!) despite sub-par commercials. The best entertainment?



She did this all through the 3rd quarter (and then, it was bedtime).