And yet another post from the past!

Weekend trip with friends

Moo at Little Gym

Madeleine has such a fun time at Little Gym on Tuesdays while Big Sister is at school. She loves watching the other babies and exploring all over the equipment. Here are a few shots I took yesterday during Show Week:

Ready to explore

That knob behind her is her favorite thing to play with. Weirdly, Claire liked playing with the same thing when she was this little.

A back handspring with Miss Tessa

Playing

Bubbles!

Getting her medal with friend Ella.

Today's project

Mummies!

Claire has become quite an Egyptologist over the last month or so. She's fascinated by ancient Egypt, and, most importantly, the mummies. She knows all about the process of mummification, can pick out the god Anubis and call him by name, and even showed us today that she can interpret some of the hieroglyphs! She has also been known to choose a National Geographic show about mummies over cartoons on tv. So, when we learned that The San Antonio Museum of Art had a traveling exhibit about mummies, we knew she needed to go. She and Daddy read a new mummy book last night which sparked a deep curiosity about the actual bandages used. So that was the goal of our trip - to find some bandages. Luckily for us (and unluckily for the dogs involved), we were able to see two mummified dogs wrapped in their bandages. She also got a little peek inside the partly ripped outer shroud of a mummy and was able to see a bit of the bandages inside. The exhibit was a little intense for her, but she's still fascinated. She bought a new book at the gift shop and can't wait to dive in to it.

And, in a completely off topic note, I figured out how to blog through my phone! So now there are no more excuses why it takes me months to update this thing!

Moo's Stats

I finally got Moodle in for her 12-month well check today. She's doing great overall, but has slowed down big time in the growing department. She only grew half an inch and nothing in weight. The doctor isn't concerned, though - she had a huge jump in her height at the last appointment, so she thinks the nurse just measured wrong last time. And, because of the HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD tummy bug we suffered with last week, the lack of weight gain can be explained. We'll just hope for some big gains before her 15-month check, which will (sadly) be at a new doctor in Dayton.

Her stats are:
Height: 29.75" (59th percentile)
Weight: 18 lbs, 11 oz (9th percentile)
Head Circumference: 45.6 cm

Another Oldie

Thanks for bearing with me while I catch up.....

Here's a post on Halloween!