Salmon anyone?

Being self-professed foodies, Tim and I are hopefully intentional about our food choices for Crosby, realizing of course, that what he eats won't always be our choice. So, you can imagine our delight that when he was offered daddy's grilled salmon, he devoured it!

What else is new with the little guy? Well, he's still not crawling in the traditional sense, rather just dragging himself with his elbows and pushing with his toes. However, he is pulling himself up to furniture. This morning he even took some steps while pushing and hanging onto the overturned toy basket! He is also loving Tim's guitar, both the playing of (by Tim) and playing with. Tim has lulled Crosby to sleep several times with this method.

Our Monarch has hatched!

I came home today to see that our beautiful monarch butterfly had hatched from its chrysalis. If you have never seen this amazing process, I would encourage you to locate some milkweed and look for a caterpillar. There are many books available that explain the specifics, but it is really very simple.

This was taken a few weeks ago while Crosby was splashing and hamming it up for the camera in his wading pool. He spent about an hour in there plus two separate swims in the big pool! If he is unhappy because of teething, illness or whatever, we can almost
always make it better by letting him have some time in the
bathtub. If only all of life's problems could solved that way...

Back to school....

It's hard to believe that Crosby will be 10 (!) months old on September 2! People always say that the time just goes by in a flash, but it is so true. It doesn't seem quite possible that our baby is pulling himself up in his crib, trying to get into drawers and feeding himself! He is letting his food preferences be known (no to cottage cheese, yes to yogurt and Grandma's vegetable soup), responds to his name and "army-crawls" all over the place. One of my favorite things about Crosby is his smile, because he shares it freely and it makes almost everyone around him smile!

I am back to school as of August 16 (crazy early!) and that means that Crosby spends Monday through Thursday mornings with babysitter Cindy while I teach art at Ox Bow Elementary School. I am thrilled and grateful to be job-sharing with a wonderful colleague, Brenda. We share first grade, and I have grades two, four and six, while she takes third and fifth. I am excited about some new projects that we will doing this year, especially "Pinwheels for Peace". You can check out this global project at www.pinwheelsforpeace.com.