Memorial Weekend

We are currently in the middle of a long holiday weekend and are LOVING IT. We still have one whole day to go! My mom was able to come out for a couple days this past week and we had such a good time. Not only was she more than happy to stay home with Reilly so I could run errands and work, but she also deep cleaned my kitchen! What a treat! To top it all off she took us out to dinner to celebrate both Chris and my birthdays. We are very lucky to have such a great situation with the plane travel because Reilly really enjoys all the attention.

Part of our lovely day today was sitting outside reading the newspaper and enjoying the weather.
And obviously if we are reading the paper Reilly must get a paper hat.
We have definitely found that the best toys are really not toys at all. Here she is enjoying a piece of plastic wrap. Pill bottles filled with beans are also in her top three. We are happy she is so easy to please. When playing with toys is not on the agenda, she loves to walk around the house hanging on to my fingers or crawl around by herself and put whatever she can get her hands on into her mouth. She likes to play a little game where she sees what she can sneak in her mouth and then crawl away from me as fast as she can to give her time to swallow. I am still faster than her though and I know that if she is crawling especially fast I should investigate. I have also learned that if I can't hear her playing or babbling to herself that it is a very bad sign and I need to find her immediately. So far the worst things I have found her doing is unrolling all the toilet paper and having a fine time playing with toilet water. Neither ideal, but I sure it could be worse!

She is still eating a wonderful variety of foods and a LOT of it. We can't hardly cut it up fast enough for her because she just shovels it into her mouth. Right now a big favorite is watermelon and she will finish all of it before moving on to other things. I am excited for the summer produce to get cheap so we can try new things! We actually have a little potted garden and hope for a nice yield ourselves. We are not gardeners, but we like the idea of it and thought we would give it a try. If all goes well we should have a summer full of strawberries, oregano, basil and tomatoes. Hopefully next summer we will have a much greater variety. If anyone has great tips or book suggestions I am sure we could use the help.

Hope the post has found you all well. Thanks for reading!