Stool

I've been getting about with a stool lately.

No, not the kind that I usually write about! This is a sitting-on type stool. It's a little stackable one from Ikea - and I love to push it around the house - sometimes upside down too! I'll put stuff on top of it, and then I'll take stuff off of it.

My little red fire truck is still at grandma and grandad's place, and mum says we'll go and get it on the weekend - because if I'm having fun pushing around a stool, just imagine the fun I should* have with the truck.


*Of course, I'm prone to play with things grown ups think aren't as exciting as my proper toys.

Big swims = big sleeps

I had a swimming lesson today and a three hour sleep when we got home.

Dad joked that maybe I should have a swim every morning if that's what happens when I get home.

I was so worn out that I fell asleep on the change table.

When I wasn't swimming or sleeping I was busy standing up. I can now stay standing for as long as I want, and the thing that impresses mum and dad is that when I want to sit down, I don't just let myself go and plop on the floor, I slowly lower myself down. I was a cautious pre-crawler, and it looks as if I've kept that trait...Although when I woke up this morning I did get over excited and fell backwards out of bed - dad caught me halfway down. It certainly woke us both up pretty quickly!

Cupboard baby

I might have stayed in my pyjamas until morning tea time, but that doesn't mean I was lazy.

I busied myself with a packet of lef over balloons from my birthday party - putting them in, and then out, of a paper bag.

Then I decided to crawl into the kitchen cupboard.

I think crawling into cupboards is fantastic.

Let's play cards

Monday is grandma day and we had a great time playing. I didn't sleep much though. My current aversion to cots extends to my portacot in their spare room, so after a short half hour sleep I woke up a bit upset. Grandma decided to plonk me in her bed, to see if that would work. After all, it works when I'm in mum and dad's bed. It did work.

Later on, we visited grandma's mum and she gave me a packet of playing cards. 52 cards kept me very busy. We all decided we'd keep the cards at nanna's place, so that next time we visit I'll have something to keep me entertained.

I don't need cuddles all the time

Every time mum comes to collect me from Tiny Treasures at church, I'm in the arms of one of the helpers. You see, I love playing, but there comes a time (usually the twenty minute mark) when I decide I need a cuddle. And then I get comfortable in the cuddle, and don't really want to be put down.

But not today. Come collection time I was happily playing with a ride on bike. Yeah!

This afternoon dad and I did a bit of walking practice - I'm very close to standing up by myself, and with a bit of help am mastering the idea of walking up the hallway...It's only a matter of time...

A few of my favourite (food) things

The big news of the day, drum roll please....I had my first taste of coke!

Ta-da!

We'd just bought some plants for the front hedge and mum and dad shared a can of coke with their sausage sizzle - and dad said 'how about we give Noah some' and so they did, and I liked it. Yes, I squished my face up at the first mouthful, but after the initial shock of bubbles, I didn't want to let go of that can.

Here's a picture of me with the can, and five seconds later without the can...Can you see the difference? GIVE ME BACK THE FIZZY WONDERDRINK!!

We got home for lunch and I had some tuna and veggies. Well, I was served tuna and veggies, but I only ate the veggies. I picked out the yellow pieces of corn and green peas...I love veggies. I'm not really into tuna. And fortunately for mum and dad, and my teeth, by the time tea rolled around I had totally forgotten about a certain cola drink...

Night owl

Usually, if I wake up at 1:30 it means I've had a good long sleep, and am ready for a spot of lunch and a good afternoon play. It also means mum is really happy, because she had a chance to do some things around the house.

When I woke up full of beans at 1:30 I was met with none of that happiness.

Why?

Because it was 1:30...AM!

I eventually went back to sleep well after 1:30 - and when daylight rolled around we were a family of sleepyheads...