Saturday morning John put in the rest of the recessed light housing. Then we went to check out the Computer History Museum because Alan's IEEE membership gave us free entrance this weekend.
Alan taught me about things like slide rules and punch cards for computer programming. Most of the displays were above my head, but I did have one of these back in the day from my uncle.
Scott made a new friend. She followed him around and patted him on the head.
He liked finding the glowing signs in each room.
And taking advantage of a shoulder ride for an ear lick. John said it was tickling him, but the picture looks more like biting and wincing in pain.
When we came home Alan made dinner while I corralled Scott and John installed a door in his water closet frame.
Scott likes to skip naps on Sundays since we have afternoon church this year. He is so tired by 4:30 when we get home. He clings to your leg while you make his bottle. I think he knows what's coming.
We woke him up after 2 1/2 hours so we'd have a chance at getting him to sleep that night. He was not happy about it. I love his sweaty nap hair.
He ate an entire avocado then used the highchair tray to finger paint.
Then he and his clothes took a bath.
I highly recommend having your in-laws stay with you. I love taking turns cooking dinner.
My jogging buddy and I participated in our first 10K on Saturday. We met my goal of finishing without stopping to walk and were just under her goal time. Hooray!
Scott scoping the incoming joggers to find me.
He and John were a welcome sight at the finish line.
I threw a little diaper shower for my friend Lauren this week. It was nice to have an excuse to use so much pink! I've been outnumbered by boys in this house for far too long.
Katie helped me make pink paper dot chains
and pennant garlands.
We had pink treats, of course.
Raspberry lemonade in baby bottles.
And had a diaper activity where you write notes to the parents for those late night changes.
Then the camera battery died and guests arrived. There was a onesie clothesline and the other garland in the family room where we all squeezed in. It was a fun night visiting with friends and Eloise's diaper supply is now well-stocked, so win-win.
So excited he has to crawl in circles. He does this at church sometimes when he gets pent-up energy.
He snatched this formula scoop while I was organizing the kitchen cupboards.
He puts it in his mouth like a pipe.
Going for the fireplace tools. This earns him a minute in time-out. Surprisingly, it only took about 3 times getting in trouble and he's been avoiding them ever since.
Discovering what he can reach these days.
Dancing with John to My Fair Lady.
He found an apple in the diaper bag (for me) and took a bite.
Another "no" in our house is the toilet. Since we were already working on the fireplace, we just started keeping the door closed to the bathroom.
Scott was playing with some puffs and figured out how to remove the lid. He poured them out, ate a bunch of them as fast as he could, then started putting them back in the container. He was probably just trying to get me to vacuum again. He loves that thing.
I stopped folding the kitchen towels. He likes to empty and refill the drawer and it keeps him distracted while I cook.
In action
Lincoln came over to play one night. He showed Scott how to make the trucks work. Scott's face in this one has no explanation.
Luckily there are enough vehicles to go around because Scott is still learning how to share.
He's also learning to feed himself. Most of the rice ended up on his clothes and face, but he loved it.
While we were watching the movie, John gave Scott shoulder rides. When he stops, Scott bounces and eventually whacks John's head to get the ride moving again.
