Piggy Back Ride

Hannah wanted to ride on Daddy's back - and so it was. Then Daddy wanted to ride on Hannah's back - and so it was. Riding on Hannah's back didn't work so well, though. When I complained that we weren't going anywhere and told her to "giddy up," Hannah simply responded, "Hannah stuck." (Actually it was more of a grunt, but that's what she tried to get out.)




She decided it would be better if she gave Ben a ride - and so it was. She gave him a few good laps around the living room in what was actually a really good piggy back ride. After all, she did learn from one of the best.

As for Ben, he seemed a bit confused by the whole thing, but didn't fuss or cry. This was his first piggy back ride; but not the last, I'm sure.

Summer Art Classes

What do you get when your Art Teacher aunt comes to visit for a week? Art lessons, of course. Aunt Jul brought up some very fun tub crayons that make bath time extra fun. The problem is that she's starting to think that bath time is for coloring and doesn't care if she gets clean or not.




At the end of the week they made a driveway welcome sign for Grandma and Pap. There were many other art projects in between, and Hannah had fun with all of them. The best part (for us anyway) was that tuition was completely free.

Thanks, Aunt Jul.

Sweet Dreams

Ben refuses to sleep flat on his back; and we can't put him on is stomach (like I used to sleep when I was a baby). Our solution is to put him in his bouncy chair, his carrier or his swing when he gets a little bigger.

When he finally does get to sleep, he keeps grunting and fussing. It sounds like he's going to wake up and start screaming, but instead he just wiggles around a little - then he's fine again. While he eats too often to sleep through the night, generally, he does sleep at night between feedings.

When he's awake he's either eating, or messing his diaper. For the most part he is pretty content to just look around and take it all in. Which brings me to my question: when all you do is eat, sleep and look around; what does a baby have to dream about? I don't know what he was dreaming about when this picture was taken, but it must have been something nice.

Staying Cool

Summer is here, which means three months of finding ways to stay cool. The first and most obvious way is to get the pool out. We bought a new, bigger pool since our old pool got a big hole in it. I don't think we can go much bigger than this 66" pool, though, because our back yard doesn't have a large enough level area.

Other fun places to swim include Thunder Island in Fulton and our basement when the storm sewers back up.




Another way is to hook up our generously passed on window A/C units and hide indoors. (Notice that Hannah is still sharing her old toys with Ben.) It looks like it will be a long hot summer, so I'm sure the pool and the A/C units will get plenty of use. Again, we prove that Syracuse does not get snow all year round.