After the holiday on Monday, last week was more of our usual: the play space at the Y on Tuesday, a walk with other moms and our library story time on Wednesday, the other play space on Thursday (where Matt was the oldest baby and enjoyed showing off), and a quiet day Friday. The weekend was busy with chores getting ready for the freezing temperatures on Sunday night, but late Saturday we got away for a little gathering celebrating the completed basement renovation of one of Matt's buddies. We joked that maybe we'll start Saturday play groups, especially when a sports game is on for the dads.
Matt bouncing on the trampoline at Thursday's play space
Matt has really stepped up his walking this week, starting at library story time on Wednesday. He still crawls a good deal, but he's definitely moving towards walking as his primary form of locomotion. He also started holding the toy phone near his ear and sort of babbling into it on command. He now will place the rings on his stacking toy.
He is becoming more and more interested in his shape sorting toys, too. He's also expressing definite opinions, like which book he wants to read (the more factual the better right now, and he also is a big fan of books with cutouts) or which kind of fruit he wants to eat. He's a sharp-eyed observer of what's going on, and if someone does something he finds interesting he'll try to do it himself.
And here he is holding a string for her:
I'll finish with a few more shots from the week:
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The inevitable
A hungry little guy
Taste testing the homemade ice cream
Skipping right to the fun by sitting directly in the toy bin
And two final shots of the happy driver
