Lily and Jack: Parchman Farm

Monday, October 27, 2008

Parchman Farm

Jack is officially in crawling mode, pulling up mode, and trying to walk mode, thus he is constantly on the go. Baby gates are a necessity now as he goes straight for the stairs, and Lily has had to be a lot more careful with her toys as he likes to get right in the middle of anything she has created. He is down to 3 bottles a day now and has sampled many different foods such as nutri-grain bars, cheese, turkey, tofu, kidney beans, and baked beans. He is doing very well picking up his veggie puffs and cheerios, but does not seem to want to pick up other foods quite yet.

Lily is continuing to work on identifying and writing her letters, and likes to spell out words in books. She is very focused on learning to read, and we often catch her reading books based on memory of the story. On Thursday, Lily had her annual school trip to the farm where she petted the animals, rode a pony, took a hay ride and visited the pumpkin patch. On Friday, Lily had her last gymnastics class and participated in a medal ceremony. She learned quite a bit this time around and is always trying new tricks - she was actually trying to do a backbend at gymnastics on Friday but stopped herself before she completely fell. We are going to skip this next session but will likely sign up again after the holidays.

Also on Friday, Lily and Jack had fun celebrating Stuart's birthday, and got him some gloves to use for his new bike. On Saturday, we bought Lily's booster seat which will be going in the car this week, she is very excited. We spent the evening with Hayley, Cole, Ms. Michelle and Mr. John. Jack had a blast hanging with Sammy the dog, he definitely loves dogs, and we know he would have loved Gypsy. On Sunday, Lily spent the morning setting up the basement for a party with all of her "Little People" and any other small toy she could find - she has become very creative with all of her toys and loves to set up for special events. Sunday afternoon brought both sets of grandparents, pumpkin carving, and barbeque for Stuart's birthday. Post-birthday celebration, we headed over to Pierce's (neighbor & classmate) house for an outdoor marshmellow roast - yummy!

Enjoy the pics!