Laugh-a-minute

What could make Baby Wily laugh so hard? The same thing that made Baby Jeneric laugh that hard when she was little - silly muppet dancing!

Interlude

While walking by a wedding cake shop, Toddler Jeneric thoughtfully declared:

When I get a little bit bigger, I want one of those. Okay, Mama?

Eh, What's up, Doc?***

Baby Wily often complains vociferously about getting crammed into a high chair and fed all sorts of disgusting things (oatmeal, apples, anything green). In an effort to quell her screams of rage, Eric let her play with her carrots Saturday night. Whoa. Can that girl play.


Carrot on the spoon, carrot on the shirt, carrot on the pants - but oddly enough, no carrot in the hair!


What carrots? Where?


Oh, those carrots! Have you seen the pool of carrots up my sleeve?*


What do you mean I was too messy? Where are my clothes?**

*No clothes were permanently harmed in the making of these images. OxyClean really is magic.
**Somehow nakedness is contagious in the under-three set.

***This is probably our most-used title. See it here (doctor/health context) and here (carrot-eating/Bugs Bunny context).

Capturing the elusive Mary

You remember Mary, don't you? Toddler Jeneric's Imaginary Friend (JIF)? We've been attempting to capture Mary on film for weeks - quite the challenge.

Toddler Jeneric assures us Mary is bouncing in the excersaucer.

Random Wednesday

1. Presenting for the first time... pigtails!


2. Some girls can sleep through anything - even an egg fight!


3. It's getting difficult to tell Toddler Jeneric's shirts from Baby Wily's dresses.


4. Toddler Jeneric is a keen observer - two orange slices make one butterfly.

A graphical Interlude

Normally, we (attempt to) refrain from direct comparisons between Toddler Jeneric and Baby Wily. However, we hope you'll indulge a brief lapse as we indulge our geek-i-tude.


Figure 1. Mean Wily Jeneric height from the time period of birth through 6 months.


Figure 2. Mean Wily Jeneric weight from the time period of birth through 6 months.

What can we conclude from this limited data set?
1. Apparently, our parenting is such that we can produce and maintain near replicates (well, pseudoreplicates at any rate).
2. Despite actively refusing all bottles, cups and droppers, Baby Wily is no worse for the wear.
3. Older versions of MS Excel 2008 for Macs did not include an option for custom error bars. The standard error as calculated by Excel, was, in Jenni's words, "wonky."
4. Your conclusion here - leave your ideas in the comments.

Butterflies vs. Water

We went on a field trip this weekend to a big garden to see the regionally famous butterfly exhibit. We thought this would be great fun, since Toddler Jeneric likes to frequent the local (small) butterfly garden. One catch... the local garden puts out nectar pots so you can lure the butterfly into landing on our finger, but the fancy garden doesn't allow for such frivolity.

While Mom and Dad looked at the bright and big butterflies and moths:

Toddler Jeneric pointed out one butterfly on the ceiling of the cave:

then moved on to the waterfall and pointing out birds in the underbrush:

The water outside was also a big hit:

In case it wasn't obvious, she used the boat to move water from one side of the pool to the other.