A Surprise at the Bounce

Spencer and Daddy ran into our little friend Ella at Loco-Motion today. Until today, these two primarily had a "virtual" relationship - they are both big fans of each other's blog. They haven't played together in real life since Ella was a little baby. (And I'm not sure you could call that "playing." It might be better described as Spencer trying to destroy all of Ella's mommy's Christmas decorations while Ella sat peacefully in her swing.) Click here to read all about the surprise play date.

Jell-O Excavation

Today there was Jell-O Excavation on Westoak Drive. (Technically, it was Knox Gelatin, but that doesn't have quite the same ring to it). I mixed up some gelatin in a bundt pan and placed plastic dinosaurs inside. After Spencer's nap, the mold had set and we starting digging.

Spencer wasn't so sure about the texture at first - he wanted us to dig a few out for him and then he got into it. We also tried squirting colored water inside but that didn't have the effect I had hoped for. Once all the dinos had been recovered we spent a lot of time transferring the slimy stuff from one container to another.

Big Boy Bed

Dave and I decided this week that Spencer was ready to transition to his toddler bed. This means one side of his crib has been replaced by a bed rail and he can get in and out as he pleases...yep, he's a free-range chicken now.

 
  Here's how the first 4 nights went:

• Monday: Called me back into his room a few times but didn't get out of bed.
• Tuesday: We were sure we'd made a terrible mistake. Took us over an hour to get him in the bed. Then he woke up many times throughout the night and was sitting on the floor each time I went in there. We have chalked this up to an atrocious mood from having no nap.
• Wednesday: Called me back in a few times right after bedtime, then at 1:00, then at 6:00. Was sitting on the floor each time. We went back to sleep in the guest room.
• Thursday: Slept all night - not a peep - and walked out of his room calling "Mommy!" at 7:15. One change we made was removing the larger pillow he slept with the first 3 nights, and just kept his baby pillow in the bed. Probably unrelated, but who knows.

What will tonight hold? Stay tuned!

Focusness

Jump Piwoes! (aka Jump Pillows!)

Check out the April photo album for more fun pictures.

Orange-White Game

We took Spencer to the Orange-White Game on Sunday. We started with a pre-game meal at Texadelphia, then met our friend Brian at the stadium. When we arrived, the Silver Spurs pulled up with Bevo in his big trailer and we got to see him get unloaded.


Then we found some seats and let Spencer soak up his first visit to Daryl K. Royal - Texas Memorial Stadium. He didn't understand why we couldn't go onto the field but was content listening to the band and watching the first 9 minutes or so of the scrimmage.

Then I took him downstairs and we wandered around and eventually found Ken, Nicole and Sarah. I think getting to check out Bevo at a pretty close distance was the highlight for these two.

By the way, I think I'm going to open a new fitness bootcamp where people can carry Spencer up and down the stadium steps. I thought I was going to pass out by the time we got back to our seats!

We left after the first half and Spencer told us he wanted to nap. So Dave drove us around for an hour. When we got home, Spencer wanted me to carry him inside to our bedroom, where he promptly lay down and went back to sleep for almost an hour. Unprecedented!

(Note: I'm experimenting with smaller photos - you can click them to see full-size images.)

Great-Grandma Hill

It's so hard to believe that Spencer has lost another great woman in his life so soon. I'm thankful he is too little to understand what has been going on, but at the same time I hope he'll remember his sweet Great-Grandma Hill. He loved playing with her cane!

We'll miss you, Grandma, but we know you'll be keeping an eye on us from heaven.