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."