My new pool!

Mama thought I'd outgrown my baby tub, so she and I went to Target and bought me a big kid pool. Wow, is it fun! So big! Mama can get in it with me! I can kick and splash and float! Hooray! Here are some pictures Mama took on our last hot day:




And sometimes when I get out of the pool, I am so used to wearing my swimsuit that I decide I don't want to wear clothes. So instead of getting dressed, Mama lets me fold laundry in my diaper. I'm a good helper!

Fruits of the summer...

I don't remember much about my first summer of life (I just have some fleeting images of a lot of bouncing on yoga balls in the bathroom), but this summer I am learning that it is a great time to be a kid! Here are a few pictures of two of my favorite summer treats:

Watermelon- Yummy!




Raspberries and cherries- in my hair :)


"What? Doesn't your hair look like this when you eat berries?"

Playing with my Adah friend

This is my friend, Adah.



She is really smart! She can stack my stacker toy and do my shape-sorter and can even drink out of a sippy cup all by herself. I think it comes from being almost 13 months old. She is also really good at growing hair- sometimes her Mama even puts it in a ponytail!

Here are some pictures Mama took of us at a play date we had. It was really fun! I got to share my wholey-o's with her (out of the back of the dump truck), we worked on puzzles together, and we played "catch" with my red ball. It's great to have a girlfriend!

Papa's hat

Papa bought me a new hat last week, and I love it! I feel very Jane Austen-ish while wearing it (though I've been told I look more like something out of Little House on the Prairie). Here are some pictures Mama took of me enjoying my new-found shade-maker.

We need four food dishes...

I keep telling Mama and Daddy that the cats don't share very well, but they didn't seem to think I needed my own dish at kitty food time. I guess I'll just have to keep trying...

Splashing on the deck

On hot days, Mama fills my baby tub with water and toys and I get to play outside in my swimsuit. I love it! Putting toys in cups, taking toys out of cups...so much fun! Sometimes the splashing gets a little wild and I get water in my eyes- and sometimes Mama's eyes, too!

Lake Kegonsa State Park

Last week Mama and I went to Lake Kegonsa State Park to help my friend Edie celebrate her first birthday. I was a little apprehensive at first because I was worried that the wild animals might get us. Then Mama gave me this Wild Zebra hat. If the wild animals came to get us, they would just think I was one of them, and would leave us alone. Then I wasn't scared any more!


I had lots of fun playing on the big kid playground with my Nico friend and his Mama, Katy.



I even went down a slide with Mama!


Nico wanted to teach me Spanish- he kept telling me that my Mama's waterbottle was "Agua." I'm not Spanish, but that doesn't sound right to me.


All five of the babies and Mamas went for a hike together- it was lots of fun, but pretty hot!


Back at the campsite, we had a picnic lunch before heading home. I hope we go back again soon!

Earth Day 2011- in which I enter the Guiness Book of World Records.

On Earth Day 2011, I took my place in history as a member of the Guiness World Record Setting Great Cloth Diaper Change team. About fifty parent and kiddo pairs participated with me in Madison, and 6363 pairs participated in 11 countries around the world. Hooray for cloth diapers!


Here I am, all set to get my diaper changed. The Happy Bambino was smart, and gave all us kids an egg shaker to keep our hands busy until the Guiness man said, "GO!".


Mama changed my pants right next to my friend, Adah. She is older than me, and wasn't as content to lay and wait until it was time for the change.


And here is a view of the room- so many babies to play with! What a fun way for Mama and me to celebrate my first Earth Day!

Sunny days are here again!

The kind that are perfect for eating hostas, making silly faces, tasting dandelion fuzz, and just sitting in the sun enjoying a beautiful day!

Closing doors....

Elsie's new favorite game is closing doors, then opening them...and closing them...and opening them...repeat. A million times a day. Here she is, showing off her "opening and closing while standing" skills!