This week Paul and I were essentially having a parenting relay race. He left on Sunday to go to Tampa for work and got back Tuesday evening. I left on Wednesday in the early afternoon for Philadelphia for work and got back Friday night. Despite some additional teething and what appears to be YET ANOTHER cold, Scarlett has been really good lately and lots of fun, so it hasn't been a bad time for us to be operating with a handicap. Things were pretty uneventful while Paul was away. She and I did a lot of playing, with chase being one of her favorite games. I also just like watching her play on her own. She has gotten really good at sorting shapes and manipulating objects (e.g., stacking her rings on the wooden stick). She is mimicking adults a lot now (brushing her hair with a brush, tipping the teapot over the cup, putting Vicks vapor rub under her nose), even when she doesn't know we are watching. It's kind of crazy how fast stuff like that changes. It hasn't been very long at all since she was determined to get the triangle in the square hole, but now she gets them all, often on the first try. The one thing is that she isn't falling asleep on us as much these days. For the most part, we're back to having to just put her in her crib and let her cry until she falls asleep. Luckily, that doesn't seem to take as long as it used to.
On Friday when I got back we really just ran errands. We went to Costco to get stuff for making Christmas cookies. Scarlett has been talking a lot more these days. She has added "baby" to her list of favorites. She has been saying baby for a long time, but now she says it all of the time. in fact, she has stopped calling Bacchus a dog, and has started calling him a baby. It's pretty cute actually because she often shouts "Oh, Baby!" Poor cat isn't going to know what his name (or species) is.
Saturday Dave came over and we tried out Paul's birthday present from my mom - a waffle maker. As it turns out, Scarlett LOVES waffles. She ate almost a half of a waffle after her breakfast. Then we went to Clemyjontri park in McLean, VA (http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/clemyjontri/). It was AWESOME!! First, it is probably the biggest playground I've ever seen. It's also cool because it's designed so that children with disabilities can also use the equipment. It has sign language all over the place and ramps for wheel chairs and special swings. It was fun for all four of us! Scarlett was not excited to leave the playground as usual and started crying when we took her out of the swings. She then promptly fell asleep in the car.
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Talk about a kiddie park. Its like an amusement park for kids, AND FREE :) They even have a merry-go-round (although its only available during the summer season.) There is so much to do, even adults can sneak in some fun of their own. We may have "tested" some equipment while we were there... like the zip line. Yes they have a zip line! They also have a racetrack, a workout area, and cool underground pipe "phones" that allow you to talk to someone on the other side of the park. Park pictures can be found here http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/clemyjontri/playground.htm. The only scary part if that its located right next to the CIA. I accidentally turned onto that road once. You can't get out until you reach the gate... and the guards don't have much of a sense of humor. We can't wait until the spring to try the park, although I have a feeling it gets pretty popular when the weather is nice. We may have stumbled upon the best day to visit. A sunny 50 degree day during the off season.
Sunday was baking day. And when I say day, I mean every waking hour of the day. Just look at the pictures. We did have a pretty good system though. Mommy made the dough, daddy balled up the cookies and put them in the oven (while watching football;). Scarlett bounced off the walls. I think she walked through a cloud of confectioners sugar at one point. After all, we did use over 24 cups of the stuff. Along with pounds of butter, sugar, flour... All-in-all we made 12 dozen oatmeal chocolate chip, 140+ buckeyes, dozens of raspberry filled butter cookies, gooey chocolate butter cookies, ginger bread cookies, and ricotta-lemon cookies. Oh yea I almost forgot the pumpkin cake. By the end of the day, we had no desire to eat another cookie. That anti-cookie stance lasted for at least 24 hours... but I will say that under normal conditions, we would have eaten twice as much as we have to this point. Scarlett is another story all together. As with most kids, she would gladly forego any of her favorite dishes for a dinner consisting entirely of cookies and cake, washed down with whipped cream, although we try to keep it under control. Every time we pass by the table with the bags of cookies on them though, she points as hard as she possibly can.
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Talk about a kiddie park. Its like an amusement park for kids, AND FREE :) They even have a merry-go-round (although its only available during the summer season.) There is so much to do, even adults can sneak in some fun of their own. We may have "tested" some equipment while we were there... like the zip line. Yes they have a zip line! They also have a racetrack, a workout area, and cool underground pipe "phones" that allow you to talk to someone on the other side of the park. Park pictures can be found here http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/clemyjontri/playground.htm. The only scary part if that its located right next to the CIA. I accidentally turned onto that road once. You can't get out until you reach the gate... and the guards don't have much of a sense of humor. We can't wait until the spring to try the park, although I have a feeling it gets pretty popular when the weather is nice. We may have stumbled upon the best day to visit. A sunny 50 degree day during the off season.
Sunday was baking day. And when I say day, I mean every waking hour of the day. Just look at the pictures. We did have a pretty good system though. Mommy made the dough, daddy balled up the cookies and put them in the oven (while watching football;). Scarlett bounced off the walls. I think she walked through a cloud of confectioners sugar at one point. After all, we did use over 24 cups of the stuff. Along with pounds of butter, sugar, flour... All-in-all we made 12 dozen oatmeal chocolate chip, 140+ buckeyes, dozens of raspberry filled butter cookies, gooey chocolate butter cookies, ginger bread cookies, and ricotta-lemon cookies. Oh yea I almost forgot the pumpkin cake. By the end of the day, we had no desire to eat another cookie. That anti-cookie stance lasted for at least 24 hours... but I will say that under normal conditions, we would have eaten twice as much as we have to this point. Scarlett is another story all together. As with most kids, she would gladly forego any of her favorite dishes for a dinner consisting entirely of cookies and cake, washed down with whipped cream, although we try to keep it under control. Every time we pass by the table with the bags of cookies on them though, she points as hard as she possibly can.
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