Fun Together

Adrian

I can't believe how fast time has passed and that Adrian is 11 months old. Pretty soon he will be 1 and I don't know what to do with myself! Still learning some things aren't completely baby-proof because of his exploring but some of my boundaries are successful. He had the first practice with going up the stairs today with daddy watching over behind him. He is fascinated watching me work out while he plays in the open area upstairs, and I have learned which doors need to be closed. Now I have to teach the girls to keep their bedroom and bathroom doors closed when we are upstairs. I'm having fun seeing what foods he likes and which ones he is tired of so I have to skip them for a little while. He loves juice though and now I need more cups that won't spill when he throws them overboard.

Claire

We have had another week of fun here in the Bell home. We are glad Daddy is back home and took advantage of him being back this weekend to go out to dinner last night. The girls loved to go out to eat at restaurants and liked our waitress because her hair was pink. It was a place we hadn't tried before and we think it will be a repeat because they have coloring activities for kids and good food. Claire was super excited about a play date with a friend from school but it had to be postponed, hopefully, we can do it this week when they have a day off of school. I've been brainstorming more chores that I can't trust them with on Saturdays so they can start earning money. They have been slowly becoming more independent so I should reward them with money now that Claire learned what the coins are worth at school. 

Shay

I know she resisted it for a while but loves riding her bike independently without training wheels. Even though she is mad when Claire passes her, I just remind her that everyone is good at different things and she is still new to riding a bike. The weather has been so beautiful and we all went to the park yesterday to enjoy the sunshine, Claire had to use the bathroom before we left so Shay got the head start. Luckily she forgets about her anger pretty fast when we get to the park and retrain Buttercup to go down the slide. She thought it was a good idea to work out yesterday when I was busy with their desk sewing and caught a cute picture of Adrian trying to work out with them. They usually have fun games to play with him and he just babbles along.