Playtime

No time to post these days, we're having too much fun!

Last week Mr. Sloth and I took Demand to the toddler park after dinner. The playground there is just her size so we don't have to help her do anything, she can just play on her own. Except for the swing of course, and that girl is a sucker for the swing.

Demand is also about to start toddler gymnastics in a week or so. We went to an open house and then a trial class first. Demand was completely freaked out at first, but we expected that. At the end I was dragging her out of the place. During that class she got to play with a parachute, catch bubbles, walk on a balance beam and hang on an uneven bar. Actually, other toddlers hung on the bar, Demand could touch the ground. That brings me to our next point. We find ourselves often revealing Demand's age upfront with strangers or new people because since she's so tall people guess her as a 3yrs+ (one guy even guessed 5 yrs old....what??) So if you think she's 3yrs or older she's acts really immature so we like to just let people know upfront that she's only two and newly two at that. It seems to help. After we reveal her age everyone seems to say... "She's really tall!". Yes, we know, we buy her pants.

Lastly on our whirlwind of fun we took Demand to the State Fair on Sunday the last time she was there she was only two months old and slept most of the time. We braved going on a cool gorgeous Sunday afternoon. I put my patient cap on before we left the house knowing we wouldn't be getting there quickly by any means after fighting traffic, and battling for a parking place. We had fun although I didn't really eat what I wanted to, I was looking for the perfect food and waited too long. Demand rode her first Carousel which she seemed to enjoy overall. At first she didnt' want to get on the horsie,but then found it enjoyable but asked for Daddy briefly. (Some days I think neither of them trust my judgment and there are times when she asks for Dadda as if to ask "Does Dad know you're doing this to me?") When they said "Here we go" Demand tried to jump off the thing but quickly enjoyed the up and down flow of things. As it slowed down I said, "All done" and she promptly leaped into my arm and said "Bye horsie". She was so excited to tell Mr. Sloth that she talked about it the whole walk back to him even though he couldn't hear a word of it.

The pictures below are from the park.




Demand insisted I ride the horse next to her.




Demand right before cracking her forehead on the very hard sea horse.






Demand is saying cheese in the picture. (Mr. Sloth did not consent to this picture)

Saturdays Off

Ok, I just posted new pictures below but I have to answer Niki's question from weeks ago. She wanted to know how we worked our Saturday mornings off. If it doesn't interest you, just skip down to the next post for pictures.

Every Saturday one of us gets the morning off. We alternate weeks. Basically you have until noon to do whatever you want to do...without Demand. You can sleep in, head out, whatever. Saturday is my day off so I might send them out of the house and just have the house to myself. Two weeks ago I just hung around the house and then got my haircut. Last week Mr. Sloth had the car and the house to himself. I think he read and caught up with sports and then ran to the brewing store to pick up supplies while Demand and I headed to the Farmer's Market with our friends. If it's your morning off you decide if you want the car or even the house to yourself.

We've been doing this for four months or so now and love it. It makes things more bearable. Before I would want time off on Saturdays and so would Mr. Sloth. I didn't think it was fair to make him watch her just because he wasn't working, but I didn't think I should have to work 6 days and him only 5. I actually got the idea from a book where the mom takes Saturday mornings off. I thought it only fair to have us alternate. It has really reduced the times I've heard Mr. Sloth complain about not having time for some project or reading, etc.

Anyway, that's what we do and we're loving it so far.

Long Awaited Photos

If anyone actually checks this anymore, here are some pictures from the last few weeks. Let's just blame the small child growing inside of me for the delay of posts, OK? Now that I'm in my second trimester I'm hoping I'll start having more energy and therefore be able to post more.

They are mostly pictures of Demand but there are a few others, including pictures of her playroom that I never posted. I think you can make the pictures bigger by clicking on them.



The cake from my finale class (of this course). I need a few month off before doing this again.



Flower lights in her playroom. By the way, 95% of everything in the room is from IKEA. If your wondering, assume it's from IKEA.



Toy storage




Sitting area of playroom.




The creative wall in Demand's playroom. Dress up mirrors, chalkboard with room to hang artwork above and below hanging containers for chalk and eraser, and flower lights. You can also see part of her activity rug in the middle of the room.



Demand's table and chairs in her playroom.




Demand drawing with washable markers on the front storm door. Something we often do on rainy days.





Demand painting the sidewalk with water on a hot day.





Demand and her friend (born three days apart) playing in a sandbox at the Zoo. This pictures is significant because Demand was previously afraid of sand.



Demand napping in her big girl bed. Sorry about the poor quality but it was obviously dim lighting in her room.




The Sloths on our 5th Wedding Anniversary. Demand and Mr. Sloth look much better than I do in this picture.



Thanks for checking in on us!! Wish you were here to have fun with us.