Baby E is standing up!!! And playdough and writing fun for the Little Owl

Some days are great.

Today I woke up and decided we were going to have a great morning, mostly because Quijote said he’d be home half the day (air conditioner people were coming to check up on it).

I got on Pinterest and found a recipe for play dough and my little one and I had a blast cooking up a batch.

She helped me pour, mix, and knead. Then we played with the stamps my sister gave us as part of a birthday present for Little Owl (let's call my girl that). She also made a lot of E's and "finger painted" them with more food coloring. That last part got messy, I should warn anyone out there in case they try it. We used purple gel food coloring and her hands are now bright pink (I guess it's the strongest hue in the color?)

Little Owl has been very interested in "writing" these days. She asks me to help her write her name on her artwork all the time. I've been holding her hand, while she holds the marker or the crayon, and writing her name on the paper that way, so that she feels the movement of the hand as the letters are drawn. I've asked Q to get me a writing notebook for her so she can also practice zig zagging and drawing "balls" (circles) in a more organized manner :)

Here is and example of our artwork. I blurred her name for security reasons- hehe! But you can see that we are practicing zig-zags in preparation for the second and third letters of her name, along with a lot of other fun random coloring.

I wish I had a picture to share with you, but even though Q tried his best to get something, it all happened too fast. We were all playing with the magnatiles in the living room today when I put the Baby on my knee, hoping that if he was on my lap, he would stop going all Godzilla on our constructions. We grabbed one of the tiles anyway, of course, and was so excited about his conquest that he raised it up with both hands, stretching out his arms with great satisfaction. It was such a grand pose that I thought would be appropriate only in a dramatic movie until his legs followed the upward motion --AND HE WAS STANDING!! Q says he's seen it before, but it was my first time to see it. Yay for baby milestones ^.^!!! It makes me happy.

We also spent time outside earlier today. It's going to rain, Q says, so it's been nice out. And now that Baby E is asleep (maybe I should find a name he won't grow out of so fast?) and LO is doing quiet time, I am starting my little blog adventure. Who knows what else great might happen today ;)?