Goooooo Jackets!
Dancing with Gran:
Ready to hit the links:
Cheese!
This week we took our first trip to the library to check out books for Liam (I think he’s finally at the point where destroying “real” (non-board) is the exception as opposed to the rule). The experience was interesting, to say the least. There’s a little section in the middle of the children’s area where there are a bunch of little tables and (thankfully very sturdy, very heavy) chairs. On one side is the picture book section and on the other is the juvenile literature section. There is also a cordoned-off area where there are three carousel horses (clearly labeled as being purely for looking, not touching). Liam was fascinated with both the chairs (he absolutely HAD to sit in every single one of them) and the horses (convincing him that climbing under the bars on the barricade was not a good idea was quite a feat, and not one I accomplished entirely). Basically I just threw as many books as I could pull from the first row of shelving that didn’t look entirely inappropriate for his age into our bag and ran out with my tail between my legs. I’m thinking I may begin searching books in advance and putting them on hold so that there’s no downtime while we’re in there. It’s impossible to remain inconspicuous with a child screaming “HORSES NO TOUCH” while emphatically pointing at the children’s section from the circulation desk.
Library loot:
So much treasure, so little time!
Oh, yay!
Today we took a trip to the Botanical Garden with Gillian. The word we’ve been using to describe Liam’s mood today is ornery. I took an obscene number of pictures of his backside because that’s mainly what he showed us today. I also took a lot of pictures of plants because they’re much better at sitting still for the camera. Despite his increasing sleep deprivation a good time was had by all.
Turtle!
Pictorial progression of the photographic posing process:
Venus flytrap!
Soccer skills:
Gitcha, gitcha, gitcha!
Stairs!
Onward!
More stairs!
Pictorial progression of the photographic posing process part 2:
Letters!
Despite explanations to the contrary, Liam holds fast to his belief that leaves are trash and should be disposed of as such:
Liam doing his interpretation of a caterpillar breaking out of his cocoon:
“Yeah, Mama — I see the butterflies — but something tells me I should know who these guys are…”
Tone block:
Loner:
Evidence that Liam will eat anything if someone else eats it in front of him first:
Exact point at which Liam realizes that he still has an apple in his hand (and has clearly forgotten that he has dropped said apple on the ground and was supposed to be looking for a trash can):
Exact point at which Gillian realizes that Liam has realized that he still has an apple in his hand:
Exact point at which Gillian realizes that Liam cannot be trusted to search for the trash can:
Flower fountain:
No shoes!
Giant button:
And this is where my camera battery died and I discovered that our spare hadn’t been recharged. Oops.