April 14, 2011

Thursday:

The toy sharing/stealing has begun! Annabelle has taken a liking to all of Liam's toys that make noise. ALL of them. Especially his Micky Mouse Airplane that he's been playing with the last few days. He didn't notice she was playing with it, as he was outside, but when he came in, of course, he immediately wanted it. I told him she was going to play with it for a little bit longer, and then he could have a turn. He agreed after some more negotiation. When it was his turn, he traded her his Elmo remote control for the Airplane. Good call. I'm hesitant to tell him that later she found his Yahtzee game that he took home from Gigi and Papas. I think that's best kept a secret.

We went to Maudies for dinner tonight becaues I didn't defrost anything for dinner, and Annabelle was so great. She's so well behaved. At first they had us sitting in a booth, which meant we couldn't have a highchair, so she was in my lap. As soon as they brought our food, she grabbed two big handfuls of my salad I grabbed her hands before she got to her mouth. See, before we left, she was eating a half a pear, making a mess and everything, so I think she thought that this was the same thing. Not so much. She ate her bottle, then when I was packing up Liam's leftovers, I ended up knocking Liam's water over to my left, and was distracted and didn't notice that I spilled some of his cheesy rice on the table to my right, directly where Annabelle was sitting. I look over and she has a handful of rice in her mouth and smeared on her shirt. I think she's ready for solids now. It's a good thing I have some really ripe pears and a bunch of sweet potatoes!