Swing time!

Taking advantage of the nice weather on Friday, Eric took the girls to the playground. They met up with a good friend for a merry old time:

Yes, that is caution tape on the merry-go-round. Why do you ask?

Then Toddler Jeneric showed Baby Wily the finer points of swinging.




And speaking of swinging, Baby Wily threw some serious mood swings on Thursday and Friday and on Saturday... out popped her first tooth!

Boy, was that exhausting!

Happy 8-month birthday, Baby Wily!

Lift off!

Many months ago - last fall, in fact - Toddler Jeneric witnessed a wondrous activity - jump roping. Our neighborhood is full of jump ropers of various levels and next door live two avid jumpers. Toddler Jeneric spent many days watching with amazement, studying the jump rope left on the sidewalk, and, most importantly, practicing her own jumping. This week, Toddler Jeneric became consistent with getting off the ground - over and over and over and ....

Preparing to jump...	and jump!

A typical practice session:

And just in case you're not familiar with our cast of characters:
Toddler Jeneric, as the jumper
Daddy, as rope holder #1
Mary (JIF), as rope holder #2

Answers

Results of the poll: 5 out of 8 were correct to choose crawling. Baby Wily can make it from her bedroom to the top of the stairs in about 30 seconds.

The camera is one of her favorite destinations.

Zoology 101

"Look Daddy, the bird likes me!"

The bird likes Daddy too!


"I like the blue one. Can I have one, Daddy?"


"Look grandpa, pretty!"


"Maybe a goat would be nice, too!"

"That's enough now."

Grammy & Grampy are back again!

Grammy & Grampy rolled into town and showed the girls a good time.

They taught Baby Wily a drinking game...


Took the girls swimming...




Caught the girls aping... Monkey see...


Monkey do!


Visited a nature center - and caught the Turkey Trot!


Then took a lap around the pond.


Whew. Boy are we tired! And not the least because Baby Wily is crawling circles around all of us (Grampy says our poll was rigged!).

Random Wednesday

Video-edition - a compilation of snippets from the last month.

Interlude

Eric: Toddler Jeneric, where are you going?
TJ: With Grammy & Grampy.
Eric: Where are Grammy & Grampy going?
TJ: With Toddler Jeneric!