Most of the time since we have been in Ft. Myers, I have tried to go out everyday. Partly because of curiousity, but mostly because it is less stressful than hovering over Caleb all day while he threatens the furniture with his typical 2-year-old behavior. In hindsight, I don't know why anyone was concerned about the dog - the dog has come no where close to damaging anything in this house, but Caleb... it's just a matter of time.
But today we are housebound because Rob needed the van to tote radio equipment. They are setting up two of the translators today. Ultimately they will repeat the Ft. Myers station, but for now, they will repeat the Miami station.
Yesterday we went to a playgroup hosted by one of those on-line networking sites. It was at a beautiful park in Cape Coral, very nicely shaded. There were a lot of moms and babies there. Most of the kids were younger than Caleb (i.e. not yet or newly walking), but he still had an incredible amount of fun. The park bordered a marina and he couldn't decide what to focus on, the slides or the boats. Plus one of the moms brought jello, which he also loves.
We also have plans on Friday to go to another playgroup which we found out about at church. I called the gal on the flyer to tell her we planned to come and she seemed stunned. She started the playgroup more than a month ago and no one has ever come! So Friday's playgroup is going to be a tiny one. I like the size of our Miami playgroup - about 5 moms. It's big enough that at least 2 of us can meet every week and small enough that Caleb can really know the kids well. We'll see how things work out here.
Annalise cut her first tooth last week. She turned 6 months on Sunday and we had her pictures made on Monday. The child WOULD NOT smile for the photographer. We got a couple of wide mouthed happy-ish faces. Afterward we ate at the food court and a man in line behind us had her grinning from ear to ear. I wish
he had been there for the pictures!
Most of the time since we have been in Ft. Myers, I have tried to go out everyday. Partly because of curiousity, but mostly because it is less stressful than hovering over Caleb all day while he threatens the furniture with his typical 2-year-old behavior. In hindsight, I don't know why anyone was concerned about the dog - the dog has come no where close to damaging anything in this house, but Caleb... it's just a matter of time.
But today we are housebound because Rob needed the van to tote radio equipment. They are setting up two of the translators today. Ultimately they will repeat the Ft. Myers station, but for now, they will repeat the Miami station.
Yesterday we went to a playgroup hosted by one of those on-line networking sites. It was at a beautiful park in Cape Coral, very nicely shaded. There were a lot of moms and babies there. Most of the kids were younger than Caleb (i.e. not yet or newly walking), but he still had an incredible amount of fun. The park bordered a marina and he couldn't decide what to focus on, the slides or the boats. Plus one of the moms brought jello, which he also loves.
We also have plans on Friday to go to another playgroup which we found out about at church. I called the gal on the flyer to tell her we planned to come and she seemed stunned. She started the playgroup more than a month ago and no one has ever come! So Friday's playgroup is going to be a tiny one. I like the size of our Miami playgroup - about 5 moms. It's big enough that at least 2 of us can meet every week and small enough that Caleb can really know the kids well. We'll see how things work out here.
Annalise cut her first tooth last week. She turned 6 months on Sunday and we had her pictures made on Monday. The child WOULD NOT smile for the photographer. We got a couple of wide mouthed happy-ish faces. Afterward we ate at the food court and a man in line behind us had her grinning from ear to ear. I wish he had been there for the pictures!
In that last picture it looks like Annalise has a dimple in her chin. :) She sure is cuddly looking.
ReplyDeleteShe does have a dimple in her chin :) sometimes it is more noticeable than others.
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of when we were in our apartment for the summer before our house was finished. I tried to get the kids out of the apartment every day so we didn't go crazy. Turned out to be one of my favorite summers because we spent so much time together as a family. Looks like Caleb has more backyard space?
ReplyDeleteActually the backyard is smaller, but there is no fence between our yard and the neighbors, so I guess technically there is more room to play...although we aren't really encouraging him to go into the neighbor's yard.
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