We've been remiss

No, Baby Wily has not arrived to turn our world upside down. We've just been busy (apparently). So without further delay, some images of Toddler Jeneric:


(Honk if you had one of these Fisher-Price farms as a kid! The set pictured here was well-loved in Eric's family).


Note the fence. Used to wrangle all manner of beasts and people.



Toddler Jeneric is a bit obsessed with jewelry - necklaces and bracelets, to be specific. She took a keen interest in one of Jenni's bracelets, so we took a trip to a local beadery, The Bead Boutique, and let her pick out some beads. The fantastic shop owner then took 15 minutes to help us (Mom, Dad and Toddler Jeneric) create the bracelet. Here she is, modeling her favorite thing:

And please disregard the ratty wrist band on her other hand. That's from our last trip to the 'schwim pool' before they closed for the summer. We finally got it off her by promising to visit another 'schwim pool' - our local Y for swim lessons.

An Era Begins

Toddler Jeneric is not at all like that Christmas song where the kid gets nothing for Christmas because s/he's such a terror (Oh, I'm gettin' nuthin' for Christmas, 'cause I ain't been nuthin' but bad). When she's quiet, she's usually reading a book, playing with Mr. Potato Head, or lining up her 'people.'

Imagine Eric's surprise to discover that while he'd been cleaning up lunch, quiet little Toddler Jeneric was being, shall we say, creative with her Play-Doh.

If you can't tell, she's pressed blue Play-Doh into the holes on her bowling ball and all the screws and bolts on our weaving loom. As an added bonus, she removed a wing nut and bolt and filled the resulting hole, too.