Tiny House

Here's Aurora in a little house at Portland Nursery last week.

She loves being in a space that's just her size, and she screamed and struggled when it was time to leave.

Let's Paint!

This weekend, Aurora and I went to our friend Stephanie's house to help her paint. Aurora is surprisingly well-behaved there, probably because she has the run of the place and there's not much for her to get into.

Enter paint cans with slightly open lids, and a bored, curious baby. (See above for what happens in that scenario.) Stephanie was already planning to pull out the rug (THANK GOD!) and the paint was a reject so not too much harm was done.

After walking through the slightly mopped up paint, Aurora had some more chili and chips, played with the dog and then got bored again.

I wonder what paint looks like, she thought, dipping her head closer and closer to the paint tray.

Then it was time to go home.

A Boxy Boat for Bear

Here are Aurora and her bear, sailing the seas of blankets. Well, the bear is in the boat. Aurora is obviously floating OUTSIDE the boat. And so boredly!

Now Get Belted in, Bear

Now that the weather is better, Aurora has been going on long drives. Here she is preparing for a roadtrip with her bear.

Gimme That!

Talk to the hand, people. Aurora's busy (happily so).

Toddler Tasks

Here's Aurora last week as we drove home from Granny's house. She is intently working on putting her necklace in the measuring cup and taking it out. I told her she could sit in the front seat if she did it a thousand times before we got home. We were almost home and she was only on 27. Oh, well. Maybe next time!

Sticky Rice and Wet Bear

Since the weather is getting nicer and I'm getting fatter, I've been thinking of fun ways to get out and get moving. One idea is to install the baby seat on my bicycle and take Aurora riding. (I also want to get her a balance bike but that's a birthday secret. Shh!)

So we went out and bought a nice yellow helmet on Saturday and now we just have to find some wheels. After our strenuous walk from the parking lot to the bike store we were famished, so we had to get some dinner right away. Here is Aurora, hogging down some sticky rice, and Gary patiently waiting for his noodles. After she finished with the rice she wanted to play with everything else on the table, and get down, and jump on the bench and give her bear a drink in my water glass. Surprisingly the bear didn't drown even though he got a dunking similar to what a witch might get back in the day. At least she didn't throw the wet bear into another diner's dinner. Finally dinner came and she tucked in (see above). Stuff stuff stuff...