I know it's been way too long since my last post but our little one has really been going through a lot of changes the last few months.First, Jacob started sleeping on a cot at daycare so I had the brilliant idea that he now must sleep in a toddler bed here at home. The result: we hear happy feet running around his room when he's supposed to be napping or going to bed; we find him passed out in the rocking chair
or the changing pad that's now on the floor (the table was too easy to climb without supervision); and we think he's asleep until we hear a loud crash following by a roar of tears - he's fallen off the bed backwards, slipped onto the radiator, and has slammed a finger in a drawer.Then Jacob became interested in going potty so I had the brilliant idea that he must want to be rid of the diapers. Well, turns out I was right on that front. However, I don't think I really need to tell you that this transition has not gone perfectly. At home, and even when running errands, he's gotten really good about it, even if we try to keep him in just underwear for around the house as we go through fewer pairs of shorts that way (2 or 3 pair in a weekend instead of 12).
We've also taken to trying anything to wear him out on weekends - like going to the park a lot, running through fountains,
or playing in the wading pool at home. It makes naptimes and bedtimes easier, but it also wears us out.Jacob got to have some fun at the prairie dog area at the National Zoo - there's a neat area where kids can pretend to be prairie dogs.
On top of all that our garden has gone a bit out of control. The lettuce and spinach were the first to really take off but we're now enjoying sugar snap peas and summer squash and waiting for all the tomatoes to ripen.
Yes - I did let the weeds get a little out of control but for several weeks there it was raining every other day and those tended to be the days when I had a few spare minutes where I could have done some weeding.
