Fingerpaints and Bugs

Hi Ho There! Monday was a great day! The weather was beautiful and we were lucky enough to be able to go to Kerry's house where my Mother was hosting a Labor Day party. Brian and Jen were there with Abigail and Jaqueline and Cori had so much fun playing outside with them and Molly and Erin. Scott had the girls play a game of toss the rings on the post and EVERYONE was a winner! Yay! Playdoh for everyone!

Cori is cutting her "pointy teeth", you know, her little fang teeth, and the nights have been an adventure. She has developed a runny nose to go along with the teething pain and while i have never been one to advocate medicating your kid for no good reason, the last three nights she has only been able to sleep after a dose of baby Motrin. Poor kid. Ok, ok, Mommy and Daddy haven't been able to get much sleep before a dose of Motrin either!

Yesterday, we tried fingerpainting. What? you say, finger painting with a 17 month old??? Well, i saw on a tv show where the mother used chocolate and vanilla pudding for her toddler to fingerpaint with and so we tried it. I only had chocolate and tapioca but we had the same results. Cori LOVED it!! I have pictures i will download asap! I taped some blank paper to her high chair tray and she painted to her heart's content. She painted her tummy and her face and her arms and her head as well, but hey, it was only pudding. Actually, she ate about as much as she painted with! Afterward we just dumped her in the tub. Fun for everyone!

And now on to the bug portion of our post. Yesterday, i went outside with the dogs and saw a locust upsidedown on the patio. I picked it up by the wing to toss it away from the patio and it was still alive!!!!! Scared the living daylights out of me! So i screamed and dropped it and Hanford ran over to inspect it. He batted it around once, twice and then picked it up in his mouth and trotted off into the yard with it. He dropped it on the ground and lay beside it and covered it with his paw. Then picked his paw up to see if it was still there and the bug flittered around a bit and he picked it back up in his mouth and played with it some more with his paws. I can't type how funny it was but trust me, Adam and i were laughing pretty hard. We decided that Hanford would call it "Squishy and it would be his squishy" (another Finding Nemo reference) I have pictures of this too. Hanford held that bug captive for a good long while and i think it finally died of fright! Anyway, that's what's going on here.

I am trying to capture a picture of Cori and her new "frowny" look. I gave her a stern look the other day and she imitated it back at me. Good Lord! It is the funniest thing ever! Adam and i have to turn away when she does it so she doesn't see us laughing. You can't effectively discipline your kid if you are laughing hysterically at her at the same time! Ta Ta for now!