I wish I could say we have been traveling the country and that is why there are so few posts this month, but really I have just been exhausted! There is so much going on with work lately that by the end of the day all I want to do is hang out with Andrew and Chloe, make (or preferably just eat) a yummy dinner and go to bed. I also need to get back into the habit of taking pictures of the everyday stuff again! So here it goes!
Chloe is still as happy as ever, growing hair like crazy and learning words at a rapid speed.
One of our new favorite "snacks" is snow cones. Well really just snow scooped up from outside, but she will spend half an hour "cooking" it in her kitchen.
she likes eating it too :)
And here is something new: Chloe learned to take her shirt off. Sort of!
You can tell she is delighted by this new skill! When she is happy or excited she will run at top speed around the house squealing and jumping around.
Devouring her old favorite-- Peas. The new favorite thing for vegetables is to put them in her cup and "drink" them. Lucky this time nothing was in her cup. A few nights ago she asked for more broccoli juice (aka more orange juice in which to dip her broccoli). She loved it! I guess it can only be a good thing to combine her fruits and veggies!
Chloe is not always the perfect angel though...aside from being super cute and sweet she is also a crazy toddler. I mean super energized crazy! She likes to do anything that involves moving at fast rates of speed combined with making as much noise as possible. Below you can see her racing around the kitchen with a steamer pot. VERY noisy, on par with banging pot lids together. If it scares the dogs, even better!
And here is her cute fake smile. I get her to do this when we brush our teeth, and it stuck with her. It seems to be coming out a lot lately. Even though she is doing it on purpose I still think it is cute! It is usually followed by a hug and kiss for mommy!
I hope to be more diligent in the future capturing those little moments! Unfortunately lately I have been too busy cleaning up after those "moments". Milk all over the floor- no problem..... color crayon on the wall- be right there....... oh you can stand on top of the table- lets play with your new blocks over here on the floor instead.....the list goes on and on and on.
Here the was a huge encased giant "roller coaster" for balls to go through. There are a few spots the balls come out and then the kids can put them back in and see where they go. I think I remember something like this at OMSI when I was little.
Of course there is no shortage of pretend play areas like this "tree house" with slide.
We spent a long time here :)
There was also a rock climbing area with a tunnel and yes another slide. It was pretty neat. All of the rocks are made of recycled rubber particles so it was not dangerous for little hands.
There are countless puzzles and activities to build dexterity and to challenge little minds. This one was a marble maze.
Here Chloe is exploring color.
Look everything is yellow!
This place is awesome, and like most other activities we discover, I wish I had know about this so much earlier! Chloe loves it here, and it is awesome to see her learn and interact with other little kids. It is a bonus to get me meet other parents too. We have gone several times, and I still don't think Chloe has seen everything yet!
