Life has been pretty good lately. Sure - there are still disappointing meals (although I'm much better about not making them battles), and Rosa is getting more and more feisty, especially when she doesn't want to stay in her high chair (this kind of scares me because we are nowhere near the terrible twos yet!). But over all, days are generally pretty enjoyable now. We're in a pretty good routine as far as meals and naps go, and she's able to play independently for bits of time now, so I can actually do cooking and other tasks I need to do more easily. And she seems to be having fun more of the time - complete with giggles, screeches, silly faces, and lots of clapping now.
We spend a lot of time at playgrounds these days, so here are some pictures from three playground trips over the last couple weeks:
First, on Memorial Day weekend, we wanted to do something more than just go to our neighborhood playground. I said - how about a trip to the zoo? So we got a zipcar and were on our way. Well, apparently, everyone in San Francisco said - how about a trip to the zoo? There was no parking and the line to buy tickets was huge. So we went to a big, newly renovated playground in Golden Gate Park, and Rosa ate it up! She crawled through tunnels and up stairs, swung on swings, and slid down slides all by herself.
And we finally caught the clapping on video!
Then the next day we decided to stay local and went to Dolores Park. We met up with third graders Melissa and Christina who adopted Rosa for the afternoon.
Luckily Mommy and Daddy still got to play with Rosa too!
And finally, during the week we went to our usual hangout, the playground behind Mission Pool. Here's Miss Rosa showing off her ever-increasing standing abilities.
I couldn't resist posting this picture of Rosa eating cottage cheese.
And last but not least, we celebrated Rosa's 11-month birthday with cupcakes. Next month (for the big One Year Birthday) she'll get to actually eat her own cupcake!
After all this activity, Rosa is zonkered!
My O my, what a big girl Rosa is getting to be!
ReplyDeletewhat a wondermint she is! She walks, she talks, she claps and she spreads joy through cottagecheese! What more could you ask for at nearly a year old.
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