Happy birthday!

On Saturday, the Wily Jeneric family celebrated the birthday of Toddler Jeneric's good friend. First, Toddler Jeneric put on her party socks (handknit, rainbow socks!), grabbed a present and headed for the festivities.

The girls were fairy princesses or butterflies (depending on which one you asked - pop quiz, do you know whether Toddler Jeneric was a fairy or butterfly?) and ran circles around the house.

Baby Wily got in on the act, too.


The guest of honor was kind enough to share her new scooter with Toddler Jeneric. Baby Wily approves!

And... tree!

I do it myself

Feeding Baby Wily is challenging. She does not want to eat mush and she most certainly does not want you to feed her. But, as with most 8 month-olds, her fine motor skills are not up to the task of self-feeding. This has resulted in several meals of Cheerios, Cheerios, Cheerios. This weekend, we discovered another option: messy meals.

By the time she was done, her chair was painted purple, her clothes streaked with goo yet our eardrums and sanity remained in-tact. We'll call it a win.

The dog ate it!

This weekend we had some most welcome and unexpected visitors - Dakota and Caden, who brought Uncle Kyle and his friend Timmy.

At breakfast, Uncle Kyle accepted the challenge of feeding Baby Wily her oatmeal. Mondo kudos for getting over half of the bowl into her.


But we may revoke the award after we saw what happened next!

This week brought Baby Niemi and her family to Wily Jeneric's house, as they made the trek from NC to MN.

Baby Wily welcomed Avalon and the two quickly got the party started.


Toddler Jeneric led an excursion to a local children's garden.
Back at the ranch, Avalon helped Toddler Jeneric with ski jumping (on the Wii) and then danced the night away with Baby Wily. And despite her best efforts, Avalon was unsuccessful in teaching Baby Wily to sit down (though she did leave her with a few new dance moves).

On an unrelated note: Baby Wily is now sporting two shiny new teeth. Chomp, chomp!

Caption this! Wednesday

It's been a while since we asked you, our loyal readers, to caption a photo. Are you up for the task?

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Interlude

Having children reminds you that fun really is stopping to smell the flowers - even if they are the shrubs behind the local Mexican restaurant.