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Austen’s Favorite Toys (read: All of Her Toys)
moving a house…
“Great Success!”
After Austen’s attempt to knock over the heavy-metal floor lamp was thwarted by a quick-reflexed mommy during a playdate here at home, she had to think up another way to do herself some damage.
A few days later, without any help from the folks on Jack*ss, she came up with a plan to fall down the steps and see what happens. She waited for her opportunity and pounced: as we opened the stair gate at the top of the steps, she slid down the first step as she normally does and then, ingeniously, leaned forward and tumbled down three steps, landing on her back.As a reward, she got this shiner. She even got to go visit the pediatric ER since her worry-wart first-time parents didn’t want to take any chances.
The morals of the story: Watch Borat’s movie, persistence eventually yields results, and cats don’t like to bathe.Sharing her Haba Walker while Hosting a MOMS Club playdate
You can dress her up in a frilly dress, but she’s a bruiser at heart.
Emma’s Fancy Dress Party: Austen as the Itty Bitty Princess
Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful …
…or because I steal toys from little children.
Mommy was told by one of the guests that Emma looks like her and then was asked who Austen belongs to. “Oh, she’s mine!” Hehehe.Olemezer Park with Grandma, Grandpa and Chacha
A Baby Who’s Happier Than Austen
Fourteen-Month Update: “Hi!”
Cleaning up! Now Austen doesn’t just dump things and knock things down. She puts them together and puts them away.
Austen can now do some preliminary shape sorting. This really impresses Mama. Austen is such a fast learner. She learns things (like kicking a ball or putting a circle into the shape sorter) within a few tries. Gymboree is still Austen’s favorite class, although Music Together on Saturdays with Mama AND Dada is a close second. At Gymboree, Austen loves being under the parachute and slapping the air log. She impresses all with her ability to crawl up slides and ladders. At Music Together Class, she enjoys running around in circles, stomping her feet and running to get a musical instrument when the toy bin comes out. Sometimes she has a hard time giving the instruments back during cleanup but she’s improving with each class.Austen now loves to push things around, including her heavy stationary toys, which she slides from room to room.
This is Austen’s reaction to not getting what she wants. Mama and Dada have decided that it may be time to start 30-second time outs. When you hold Austen’s hand and try to get her to walk away from something she shouldn’t be into, she goes limp and sinks to the floor, forcing you to pick her up and carry her away, which causes much complaining.Lunch at Tinga with Friends
Austen and Mommy drove to Westfield to meet friends for lunch and toy shopping. All the little ones gobbled up the Mexican food.