Home Safe

We are home from a nice weekend in Atlanta. I enjoyed attending my friend's baby shower and a Catholic home schooling conference. Chris got many tasks done concerning getting our house sold; if all continues to flow smoothly, we will close escrow in a week! Praise God!


Here are videos of John running outside and doing one of his favorite activities: snapping a buckle (he has not learned how to unsnap):

We enjoyed dinner out at an Italian restaurant. Surprisingly, John rejected his plain angel hair with butter to eat half my serving of fettuccine alfredo. I know that most kids love fettuccine alfredo (which isn't exactly healthy), but John still tends to avoid sauces and wet foods, so I was pleased.

And here is a dark video of John coloring. He usually holds a writing implement like an adult instead of with his fist, which is interesting.



I finally found a Catholic bible appropriate for an under-2 toddler. This one has flaps to lift, which greatly intrigue John these days. Look at that concentration! I love how John grabs a book, finds a quiet place to sit (propped against the couch or on a bed against pillows), and "reads" to himself.

The drive home was not nearly as pleasant as the drive to Atlanta. John was in fussy, whiny form. Now he's at a difficult age when he's just plain bored and knows how to behave to alleviate his boredom (e.g., drop his water cup into the back of the SUV, then cry for his water when the only way we can get it is to pull over but who wants to be so cruel as to deny one's toddler water during a heat wave?). If we let him suffer with his boredom, we get to enjoy a lot of whining and crying on the drive home. It's not a ton of fun.