A moving target

This past week we have had to baby proof the house. Oscar is getting more and more apt at his caterpillar impression and is so much more inquisitive about things that could severely harm him than Annie ever was at his age. Not only did we have to put outlet covers on the plugs but we had to buy these boxes you put over outlets that have plugs in them so that he can't unplug the cords (a task he's repeatedly attempted). Thank goodness for technology. He's also started his foray into solid-solid foods, like Cheerios and the highway robbery baby item called "puffs" (which is just dehydrated fruit injected with air so that it melts in their mouths. There's probably a total of .25 oz of actual food in a 5 oz. container. What we do for our children.). The first few days we had him trying Cheerios, he was so enamored with putting them in his mouth, but then soon became tired of actually eating them, so most of them got spat out as soon as he proved he could perform the task. Practice makes perfect.

Annie had her second week of ballet camp and liked it so much that we decided to sign her up for ballet classes this fall, and by fall, I mean in two weeks. I don't remember schools beginning this soon as a kid. It's ridiculous. She starts ballet as soon as we get back from Connecticut and then school the following week. Her first week of school, though, will be the equivalent of sticking one's toe into unfamiliar water. She'll go for like an hour and change each day and then has the following Monday off (building pink towers is apparently very stressful work) before beginning her grueling 2-3/4-hour school day five days a week. We've also been working on our reading with Annie. Well not "our" reading, hers. Sorry, as a mom you learn to refer to everything in the first-person plural, like "we don't drag babies by their arms," or "do we need to use the potty?" I can see me answering for her on her wedding day, "We do."

As mentioned before, on Friday we will head up to Connecticut for Family Fest 2010. We are looking forward to showing everyone how much these kids have changed since they last saw them. We'll just have to put a leash on Oscar.