The Beach

Today we went to the beach to swim. Alex, despite our walk on the beach earlier in the month when he had a blast in the sand, did not like the beach this time. He was terrified of the water and it took a lot of coaxing to bring him out of his shell. He sat on the beach chair for about 45 minutes before he ventured forth to play in the sand. It was only at the very end of the outing that he let Daddy swing his feet in the water. I'm ok with him not liking the water though. I'm totally ok with that.

 

 

 

 

Walking on the Beach

Today we went for a morning walk on the beach and it was the first time we let Alex walk on the sand himself. Up until now we had pushed him in the jogging stroller or I had carried him in the Ergo carrier. Alex delighted in chasing the birds and making his own trails. He did manage to let us capture a few sweet pictures with us though.

 

 

 

 

March 2009

I started back to work this month and Alex is home with me alone on Tues and Thurs. On this particular day, the 17th, Alex was playing with some toys near my feet and later went to sit in the rocking chair to watch some cartoon. He got pretty quiet and when I looked up, this is what I found!

 

 

The poor kid fell asleep climbing down from the chair. It totally cracked me up. He slept there for a half hour, which completely ruined his afternoon nap, but it was so cute and unexpected.

On the 20th we took the kiddos to play putt-putt. We were so not surprised that Alex cared nothing about the game we were there to play. Instead he went down his own paths, usually the ones that led to ground level, non-fenced pools of water, completely freaking me out. But it was a good time overall.

 

Finally - this shot just sums up everything Alex. I found him at the end of the month sitting on the train table playing with Thomas. That's just how he does things. He climbs, he finds, he conquers and destroys.

 

February 2009

 

So February rolled around and left us all sort of winded from its whirl. On the 17th our little Bear learned to smack his Daddy and say "no no no no nooo" when he didn't want Daddy to tell him "no." He has such a temper.

 

 

On the 21st we met Grandpa Joe and Grandma Jan in St. Augustine for Grandma's birthday and spent the morning at the old fort and walking along the seawall before having a nice lunch at a yummy restaurant. Later that same day Alex developed croup, thanks to his big brother who had it only days before. It was a long couple of days.

 

In other developments Alex is learning to pull chairs and stools around so that he can climb and get to things he's not supposed to get. Fun times.