Tuesday, July 24, 2007

vacation part 6: playing in Madison

Week 2 of our vacation involved going to Madison to hang out with Grandma Brenda, Grandpa Paul, Aunt Sara, Uncle Jeff, and all our friends. There were a couple of weddings also - Will came with us to Lauren and Dan's wedding, sat like a big boy at the table and ate crackers while mom and dad goofed off. Also notice he's totally dressed up for the wedding, even wearing his monkey watch (...what time is it? Monkey time.).




The rest of the week was very nicely uneventful. It wasn't quite time to worry about preparing for the big GARAGE SALE so we had several lazy mornings where Erin and I slept in and Grandma got up to entertain Will. Will woke up very early a lot because we messed up his schedule a little bit with transitioning to Central Time and then having him spend a week sleeping on the porch of the lodge where the sun would wake him up around 5:30. Most mornings when I came downstairs Will already had a few hours of kitchen-floor playtime in, which included playing with these sweet toys, as well as a new game we call 'Open, Shut' (to be detailed in a future post).




We got to Madison on the 2nd of July so on the 4th we got to watch the annual Adams Street 4th of July parade. All the neighborhood kids dress up in costumes and decorate their bicycles then race around the block a few times. Will liked watching the parade, and he found several things to put in his mouth in the meantime.




Around this time we realized Will could consistently eat more solid foods like crackers and Cheerios without gagging, so we started giving him solid things to eat at every meal. Here he's trying a teething biscuit, since he STILL doesn't have any teeth. He liked this thing but he ended up probably making the biggest eating mess ever.




It was really hot that week and since Will had just come back from a daily routine of naked swimming, we decided to keep it up. We actually took him swimming in Lake Mendota with his life jacket on and he loved it - unfortunately forgot the camera for that trip. Anyway, he had a good time swimming in the backyard in his makeshift pool - a snow sled. That's some nice censoring, mom.



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