Thursday, July 9, 2009

A Lark in the Park

Maisie and I took a little walk to the neighborhood park after dinner today. She gets so excited whenever we go for a walk. She was singing the Dora the Explorer song, "Where are we going? *clap, clap, clap* To the park!"

We had to stop for a little yoga break. She's been doing this pose off and on for over a year, I think. She never gets tired of seeing the world upside-down. Come to think of it, when I was little, I used to hang upside-down from the couch and imagine what it would be like if I could walk on the ceiling. I think Lionel Richie may have had something to do with that.

Later, Maisie saw a little bird walking in the grass and she said, "chicken!" It wasn't a chicken.

Isn't she the sweetest little poser? She likes to
climb up these little rungs so much, that she almost never gets off at the top. She forgets about the slide and just climbs back down so she can climb back up.

Maisie got into a scuffle with a boy who was also playing at the park. Unfortunately, she was the instigator. She tried to push him out of the way and he pushed back. I had to break up the fight before it came to blows. She doesn't know how to share very well yet.

Maisie loves to slide so much that I've been thinking about getting one of those little plastic slides for inside. There is one at the church building that she goes bananas over every Sunday. But for some reason they don't keep it in the nursery, they keep it under the coat rack. So she can never really play with it. I think if they put it in the nursery, she might stay in there without screaming once in a while. That's how much she loves to slide.

On the way home, she had to hug every tree she saw. There were a LOT of trees. She loves nature so much.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Right, left. Right?

Maisie put on her shoes all by herself today. She even fastened the straps. What a big girl! 

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Fireworks


On Independence day night, Gavin, Maisie and I went over to the Bryants and set off some fireworks for the kids. Maisie was a little shy at first of the noise and the bright lights, but soon she was jumping up and down with excitement. She yelled, "pop, pop, pop, pop!" Fletcher screamed bloody murder every time one of the fireworks burned out, and no one could figure out whether he was scared or whether he was upset that it was over. The box of sparklers looked about 10 years old, and they turned out to be duds, mostly. The kids had fun anyway, I think.

The lovely stars n' stripes dress was sent by Nana a few months ago. I figured this would be the one day it would be appropriate to wear. Even so, it nearly crosses the line into jingoism. No offense, Nana.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Invisible Sunburn

All this swimming has given me an invisible sunburn. My skin looks normal, but it feels hot and stiff like a sunburn. How is this possible?

The other day we were swimming and Maisie June had a poop inside her swim diaper. It was the messiest thing to clean up EVER. When I took off her swim bottoms the whole thing was smeary with poo, and it was leaking up her back and down her legs. I don't have a very sensitive gag reflex, but this made me vomit inside my mouth just a little. Twenty minutes, one load of laundry, and one bath later she was reasonably clean. Yechh.

I can't wait until she is out of diapers. She goes pee-pee on the potty once in a while, but only if I suggest it. Soon. Soon.