Emily's Cruising

Emily is officially a "cruiser". She can take a few steps around furniture and venture from one piece of furniture to another. Here she is enjoying a friend's bowling and swimming birthday. She monitored the ball return while the older children enjoyed turns bowling.

Here is Emily apres swimming in the locker room. She loved cuddling up in her super cozy robe

You never know quite where you will find Emily now. This time she got herself right into a drawer and was ripping out all the papers!

Matthew's classroom has a teddy bear who reminds me a bit of Paddington, though "C-Bear" does not originate from Deepest Darkest Peru. The children take turns bringing C-Bear complete with his backpack filled with a toothbrush, hairbrush, journal and bedtime stories, home on weekends. Matthew had the first turn to bring him home this past weekend. He and Andrew took very good care of him around here, and they fixed up my old doll crib for him to sleep in at night. We took C-Bear on a bike ride around the Reservoir, on the Ferris Wheel at Heritage Park and to the birthday party. Then this evening Matthew drew a picture for his journal and wrote a short composition about their adventures to share with the class. It will be fun to get him back for Matthew's next turn later in the year and see all the other things C-Bear has been up to!