Kids in sunglasses

Bumbo what?

Chilling in the Bumbo

Alena put some toys on the tray for Nora to look at

"Sit on Nora's lap." Maybe not the best idea, Alena.

Random stuff

A bottle from visiting Aunt Julie

One of Alena and Daddy's famous block houses

Grandpa Steve gives a super pedicure

So sleepy

Nora was "go, go, go" at daycare today (and eat, eat, eat.) When we got home she kicked for awhile but gave up the fight while we ate supper. So tired! This is her classic sleep pose which she also uses at night in her crib.

Rolling instructions

Nora demonstrating how to roll over

I tell her that this belly time will help her with handwriting, but it still makes her mad after awhile. Getting a little angry helps with rolling.

Here she goes!

Now how did I get on my back?

Super cute alert!

Super baby! (If Nora was a super hero, her power would have something to do with her tongue.)

Alena created this toy blob for Nora to play with. It is pretty much every baby toy hanging from one ring. Nora likes to wiggle over to it and grab it. She also loves the singing star on her play mat. When you set her down on the mat and turn on the star she starts smiling and cooing at it. "Hello, friend. I am so happy to see you again!" This picture shows off the ring of baldness she has developed.

Matching outfits

The other day I dressed Nora and Ben dressed Alena. That afternoon we realized that we had dressed them in matching outfits. We didn't even know we owned matching outfits. So naturally we had to get some pictures.

Alena looks like pretty tough stuff here. She is protective of her little sister and if a strange kid comes over to check out Nora she will stand guard to make sure that kid doesn't step over the line. I was vacuuming yesterday morning and Alena stayed next to Nora so she wouldn't be scared. If there is no danger from kids of vacuums, Alena pretty much ignores Nora still.

The two girls started a new day care this week. The report was that Alena played well with the other kids and Nora had fun watching them play. They both created some original artwork. That's right, Nora did as well. She made a smoosh painting by sitting on two halves of paper with paint in between them. Alena was praised on the great composition of her coloring. Such artists!

Baby Nora's on a roll!

Guess who rolled over from back to front this morning? That's right--Nora did! After rolling over onto her belly she got angry and soon rolled back onto her back. She is a mover! She is 11 weeks old this week.

Nora relaxing in her swing. This is her favorite pose right now--left thumb in the mouth, finger on her nose, and right hand behind her head. She does this after waking up from a nap and looks around, taking stock of what happened while she slept. Sometimes she gets a little over zealous and sticks her fingers in her mouth. Then you can hear her gagging.

Water table

Grandpa and Daddy went to Walgreens to pick up one thing and came back with a new squirt gun and a water table. Alena was very excited for the water table and could hardly wait to fill it with water. It has definitely been hot enough to play in the water lately.

No swimming, Nora.

The water gun was really fun for 10 minutes until it was disassembled and broken forever.