Good times with Nana and Grandpa

Willow enjoyed her week of Nana/Grandpa daycare. SHE kept THEM busy busy busy!

100 papers for the 100th post!

Yep...100 posts already. Don't count on this frequency for the rest of her life!

Willow decided to entertain herself by emptying out the paper recycle bin. Alli says "I think I'm going to like this."

This "activity" occupied her for a good 15 minutes. Notice that Alli stuck around for the whole thing.

Meanwhile Chris was singing (to the tune of "The More We Get Together"):

Oh I'm a taker-outer, taker-outer, taker-outer,

Oh I'm a taker-outer, not a putter-inner, that's me.

A little of everything

Willow loooooves pulled pork!

We're loving the warm weather AND the porch swing from Nana and Grandpa!

Good times with Aunt Kim

Trying to see how much trouble she can get into

Boy, the neighbors are going to be jealous when they see a limo pull up....oh wait, that house is boarded up.... (Grandpa rented a limo to treat Nana to a special night for their anniversary - dinner and a Broadway show!)

Willow's Racetrack

We got Willow a push-walker/scooter for Christmas. She's been able to push it around some in the sitting position and we've tried having her walk with it but she'd get going too fast for her legs and ended up scared of it. We hadn't tried it for almost a month, so we decided to give it a go again tonight and...she loved it!! Yet again, I found it difficult to narrow it down to a single video, so here's 5 (which is pretty good considering I had 22 to choose from!). You can see her progress and her confidence increase each time.

Eating Table Foods

Sometimes I think it's the cutest thing to watch her chew. Yet again...she looks oh-so-grown!

Starting Chores Early

She helps with the laundry and now she helps unload the dishwasher!

Thankfully she could only lift the plastic plates!

And while I unloaded the dishwasher, Willow promptly got stuck under the Exersaucer and melted down...

We love Skype and hamburger!

Interesting combination, I know... She did eat half a hamburger for dinner, then the other half for lunch though. She's a meat-and-potatoes kind of girl.

And we loOoOoOoOve Skype!! It's a great FREE way for Willow to see her grandparents and provided a great distraction for ear infection pain! Gone are the days of holding Willow in our lap to Skype, though. Now she insists on touching the keyboard and popping up screens we've never seen. Thankfully her arms aren't quite long enough to reach the keyboard when it's up on the couch (and she gets practice standing!) so that's working...for now... Here she is, looking oh-so-grown again, talking with Nana.