Linnea started crawling last week. It'd taken her a few weeks to work out the logistics so for a bit of time there she was mobile and thus untrustworthy but not exactly crawling, per se.
Anyway. Girlfriend is now at it and she's reminding me of just how dangerous our house is especially now with the toys of toddlerhood all over the place as well as computer cables and light fixture cords. I'd give you a full list of the things I've pulled out of her mouth in the last week but it'd only send the grandparents into a tailspin of worry and seeing as how the grandparents are the entire audience of this blog, I'm going to skip it. Too bad because it's a pretty impressive list already.
(chapsticktopstaplecraftrhinestonetinybluebowlblackbeangoldenraisinstickerhairelastic)
I'm thinking this kid only worked out crawling so she could motor to furniture to stand up. Right now she's using Matilda's trampoline to work on the standing, one sock off and the other hanging on by a thread. She's also coughing like a seal because the kids have croup. The croup? I don't know. All these childhood illnesses, they sound so sinister and medieval. Turns out (the) croup is one hell of a cough and a runny nose but not quite on par with The Black Plague, although Matilda does have an ear infection (AGAIN), so she might be up for round two of ear tubes. Anyway. I can't say we're enjoying (the) croup but I think we'll make it out alive.
So what else. I never post here, do I?
We've been up to certain things. Put a bunch of kids in robot jammies in a bouncy house.
Dressed our kids up for Halloween.
Matilda is now in preschool a couple of days a week. Same place as her daycare, same days, just other end of the hall. For some reason that end of the hall changed a lot of things for her. In daycare she was quiet as a mouse. In preschool she talks all day.
Preschool hasn't changed how she feels about class photos, however.
So bershon already. I might have to put some black eyeliner in her christmas stocking. I also might have to start buying prints of these photos if she keeps this up.
(Speaking of Christmas. I've been doing all my shopping online this year and nearly 90% of it on etsy. I'm deeply in love with etsy and I want to share my finds but I can't ruin the surprises so you're all just going to have to go over there and poke around.)
