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.

The wheels on the bus go...

Oink, oink, oink. Someone had a good time at small animal day this past weekend - many of our favorite songs have been re-engineered by Toddler Jeneric to include a farm animal or two.

This is the way we milk the fake cow...


Okay, Daddy. I petted this animal. What's next?


Toddler Jeneric, sheepdog in training.




No milking this animal!


Ho, hum, says Baby Wily.

Interlude

Fact: the current selection of children's music in the car will eventually drive you to putting on Christmas carols in April.

Vital update!

Thanks to all 11 poll takers! The results are in!


(Drum roll, please)


Middle fiddle is the correct answer!


Height: 27 and 1/4 inches (86th percentile)
Weight: 18 lb, 8 oz (83rd percentile)
Head: 44 cm (82nd percentile)

Three shots and one oral vaccine later and we were out the door. We'll check in again in 3 months.