The Nest

My laundry basket has become Jonathan's "nest" or so he calls it. I'm not sure where he got that from, unless it was from watching Dinosaur Train on PBS. It's about a family of dinosaurs and they live in a nest. Jonathan drags the basket all through the house and either sits in it or plays under it with his toys. Jonathan has invited us to join him in his "nest", but alas, we don't fit!

The nest is good for eating snacks in. (Jonathan is eating one of the last cucumbers from our garden.)

The nest is even good for watching Sesame Street!

Making Cookies

Whenever I get out the mixer, Jonny thinks it is his job to drag over a chair and take over control of the speed. When we were mixing up some cookies at Grandma's house, Jonny needed to help, of course. The only problem was that Jonny wasn't used to Grandma's mixer so he turned up the speed all of the way and we ended up with flour everywhere! Jonny wasn't quite sure what to think!

Climbing Out of Bed!

Yes, Jonny has learned how to climb out of his crib! He doesn't usually let me watch him climb out, but I finally caught him. He puts a leg up over the side, lifts himself up and over the side, then rests his feet on the mattress and gets down. Let me tell you, this climbing out thing is definitely making naptime and bedtime troublesome! It used to be really easy to get Jonny to go to sleep at night, but now we spend an hour or more playing the game of Jonny climbs out of bed and we put him back in. We have a rail for the side that will convert the bed into more of a daybed/toddler bed that we are probably going to put on soon. It will make it easier for Jonny to climb out of bed, but maybe it will make bedtime easier, too. Hey, we can always hope, right?

A Slide in our Yard

Our new yard is pretty bare and doesn't have a lot of things for a two-year-old boy to play with yet, so we bought this used playset for Jonny. It has two slides, a tunnel and a little door. Jonny has convinced his daddy to go down the slide with him several times, but all he can convince me to do is go in the door and sit in the little "house" part!

Jonny is pretty particular about the door and makes sure it is always shut!