Library Day

We love Library Day! Lydia sat down by herself, pulled the books from our library bag, and read all on her own.

It was so fun to see her eager little hands searching for new books and thumbing through the pages.

She was truly delighted! I hope I hope I hope I'm raising a bookworm!

Lunchtime in the high chair is always an interesting time.

Lydia likes to help "clean" her tray, so I give her a washcloth to wipe the tray down after I've already done it. I thought it was a nice activity to keep her occupied while I run and switch the laundry or some other quick thing. After I saw her doing this though, I said no more "helping." At least no more unsupervised "helping."

Today, she amused herself (and me) by making funny faces. I couldn't capture her at just the right moment, but these shots show her silly faces pretty well. She tilted her head, pushed up her shoulders, scrunched up her face, and squeezed her eyes shut. When I pulled the camera out, she added a nice big "Cheeeeeese" to create an even better effect. The chocolate around the mouth is an added bonus to the silly face.

You know how a cat will blindly jump into any open box or bag?

Apparently, so will Lydia.

Meet the first big plastic toy to enter our house.



It is also the first toy to elicit tears when taken away.



Lydia spends hours with it every day. That is not an exaggeration. Literally HOURS.




That means it'a a success, right?

(This post is for Diane, the most awesome mother-in-law in the world. It's true- look it up.)


Diane...look who we found!!!! Don't they look thrilled to be spending time with us?

And this little monkey came to play as well.

I needed to give Lydia something super fun (but not messy) to do while I did some chores around the kitchen. Since she's never painted before, I got out some paint brushes and water, and let her go to town. She had no idea she was even missing the paint, so it turned out to be the best activity for my purposes.

And I'm really glad I didn't give her paint this time because this is what she decided to do when the paint brushes got old!