The Rest of September

Story Time

the highlight of her week

counting

shaking our rattles

"head and shoulders, knees and toes..."

even better, the theme was CATS, and Jill made this orange kitty

it was windy outside!

down the steps by herself

laughing in the wind

Zoo

watching the orangutans eat breakfast

there they are

We got a private audience with this elephant while he ate his breakfast.

Police Academy

making "apple walnut raisin soup for dinner"

serving up some soup

Beach

"Where's da sand, Mama?"

Visiting Friends and Kittieseating spaghetti for the first time

throwing rocks in the pond with her friend

Apple Festival

watching the mama and baby ducks

mama and baby silky chickens

riding a pony (This cost $5 for what turned out to be a 25 second ride, but it was so worth it to see how proud she was after the ride was over!)

Riding a Horse!

Baseball

She LOVES all sports and insisted we play baseball in the house. We used her gingerbread man puppet as a bat since our real bat is not for indoor use.

She made me get out a winter glove because she said she needed a glove to play baseball. I have no idea where she learned that since we don't watch sports, but she knew it!

Playing Baseball

Telling about the glove




Museum

Jill made 3 apples to put on the tree/wall

stacking blocks with the activity leaders

Clifford! (She had been waiting for this exhibit to open for 2 months.)

driving the truck

using the restaurant's cash register

playing the instruments was her favorite part

so happy!

"Dwums, Mama!"

sliding down Clifford's tail

driving the Metro bus

Aquarium

Leonard the goldfish is the official greeter

standing by Leonard

scuba diver Jill

touching sea stars

jellyfish Jill

One more video, just for fun

One of Jill's Favorite Activities

Jill loves her weekly tumbling classes, and a few weeks ago we were lucky enough to have Steve come along to document it. It was so much fun!

talking to her friend at the start of class

taking a bite of her pizza (stretching)

making butterfly legs

learning to go on the bar

her coach helping her do a forward roll (her coach would kill me for posting this too!)

obstacle course

through the tunnel

on the beam

more tunnel

peekaboo!

successful forward roll!

on the trampoline

parallel bar climbing

puffy cheeks!

Early September

After Labor Day weekend, we went back to our normal routine: Tumbling, Story Time, Zoo, Children's Museum, playing at home, and parks/playgrounds.

First we went to the zoo, after we got Jill's 2nd full haircut. It went better than the first one, but she still hates those scissors, the smock, and the spray bottle. Maybe the 3rd time will be the charm? Anyway, we had a great (although short) trip to the zoo!

the sloth bear was really alert today

Jill checked him out for a while

she loved watching the penguins too

in the boat

"Donkeys Mama, like Hee-Hore!"

Steve and Henny were given an iPad from one of Henny's grantors, but Jill thinks it's HERS! She loves all of the apps we've downloaded for her, and you'll see her using her skills in the video below. You'll also see why it is that we do not have a cat as Henny...reacts to one outside.

building words with WordWorld

shaking the Word Friend she just made

On the 11th, we participated in our 4th annual family PawsWalk charity event. We walked the first year before we had Jill, we attempted to walk the 2nd year, but didn't get far with our fussy new baby, we bypassed the walk last year in favor of the park, and we did the same this year. Here is Jill playing at Magnuson Park, and just for fun, here are pics from all 4 years that we've done PawsWalk. Henny raised over $1300 this year!

negotiating about when to get off (she wanted off immediately)

done after 2.5 seconds

climbing

this beach ball that she found was her favorite thing

digging was also a big hit

PawsWalk 2007

PawsWalk 2008 (Jill was 2 months old)

PawsWalk 2009 (Jill was 14 months old)

On Monday we went back to Story Time for the first time in 5 weeks (there was a break between sessions), and Jill was ecstatic. She has moved up to the 2 year old session, and she got to make a hat!

sitting front and center, thrilled to be back

holding her jingle bells

wearing the "highway hat" we made with a bus, truck, and cars

Today we went to the Children's Museum with Isabelle, Aunt Elisha, and Grammi!

crawling on the Frog and Toad path

counting beans

this was the best picture of the girls together because they were too busy to look at me

trying out a hard hat

snack and story break

Finally, enjoy Jill's new dinosaur jammies, and her singing for you!

she was diapering her baby...poor baby doesn't look too comfortable!