A Spider, Some Dirt, and a Billy Goat

Summer is unfortunately winding down because school is starting and the weather is getting cooling (if that is possible!). Yesterday, I took Daniel to check out a day care. We needed something for Fridays when I am in school and Brian is sleeping and getting ready for work. We were pretty sure Daniel would enjoy spending the afternoon with other kids, and after yesterday I am even more convinced! His "teacher" seems like a really great lady and plans lots of fun activities. We have an even busier week next week as we are anxiously awaiting Grandma and Grandpa's visit, the fair, and a little day we like to call "The Day Our Lives Began" (aka Daniel's birthday)! I'm thinking there will be pictures galore, followed by many blog updates.

I killed this enormous spider all by myself. "If you kill a spider, it will rain the following day" has any truth to it then I am personally responsible for Hurricane Bill!

Daniel is teaching his daddy to fear the silence! While Brian was making Daniel a delicious lunch, someone crawled behind the couch and started eating dirt from the planter! Appetizer, perhaps?

Daniel has figured out how to climb on top of the books to look out the window.

Unfortunately, he hasn't figured out to get back down on his own.

Just a random picture from breakfast this morning. Daniel has been enjoying "farm fresh" eggs for a few weeks now!

First Boat Ride

Monday night Grandpa and Grandma took us out on a boat ride! For Daniel and myself, this was our first boat ride of the season. As expected, Daniel was less than impressed with his life jacket, even though I think it's quite stylish. We broke out some food and his horn, and he was reasonably happy again.

For Aunt Nicole

When Aunt Nicole was here, she started Daniel's love of ketchup and ice cream. Well, he actually loved ice cream before she came, but Nicole was definitely an enabler in Daniel's ice cream addiction. He was so excited to have ketchup with his fries tonight that he gave up on relying on his hands to get the ketchup to his mouth, and started slurping it directly from the tray. The ice cream sandwich for dessert was a huge hit, too.

Beating the Heat

I think the pictures speak for themselves. A hot summer day, a nekid baby, and a sprinkler...What else is there to say?

More Beach Pictures

A Day at the Beach

It has finally warmed up here! Since Brian had the day off, we packed up and headed to the beach for the afternoon. Daniel loved the beach! He loved swimming and playing in the sand and eating the sand...

Corn!

Daniel had his first corn on the cob the other night, I'm pretty sure it was a huge hit! It was also pretty entertaining for us to watch him gnaw on the cob. It's set to be a good day today, I think. It's already 70 degrees and it's not quite 10:30am - this may be the first time all summer that this has happened! Even better, Brian has a much needed day off, and we're dragging him to the beach to play in the sand and picnic! (It is probably too cold to swim, but there's always wishful thinking...)

Daniel has been busy, busy, busy! He now crawls to the top of the stairs if we let him. If we're not available to belay, he gets very upset! We're working on weaning him from formula and bottles. We've kicked the night time bottle habit, and we'll move to his early afternoon bottle tomorrow.

Monday, Monday...

Just a couple pictures from yesterday. We spent most of the weekend just hanging around the house, playing. I think Daniel is cutting more teeth, but it hasn't been too traumatic for either of us (yet). Daniel's new favorite game is to crawl as fast as he possibly can, in any direction he can, while we chase after him and scoop him up. Then we put him back on the "starting spot" and do it allll over again.

Eggs!

There's nothing like a pleasant surprise! I looked inside the chicken coop today, purely on a poop-patrol mission, and found two eggs. Our plans today have changed a little, since we will now be heading to Grandpa's for some straw and oyster shells. It's too bad Daniel is too little to really understand the excitement; though given how much he enjoys scrambled eggs, he may understand more than I realize!