On his toes

Baby Boy wants to crawl, but hasn't figured it out yet.  He'll get on all fours, then up on his toes, then he'll lift his toes off the floor and come back down on his knees.  I've tried several times to video him, but usually he just stares at the camera and doesn't do anything, or he'll use his only method of self transportation that he currently has - rolling.  He rolls around on the living room floor and often gets his legs stuck under the couch or ottoman and quickly lets us know about his predicament.

Anyways, today I got a video of him on his toes.  I remember with the girls that I kept thinking they were close to crawling, yet they stayed in this pre-crawling stage for a while.  That would be fine with me if he does the same because I quite enjoy not having gates up around the house. :-)

He is doing great with eating.  His first 2 or 3 weeks of eating solids was rough because he gagged on almost everything we gave him, even if it was really watered down.  Now, he eats like a champ, but then has a fit when he realizes that he has taken the last spoonful.  Really, he actually gets mad and cries when I get up to get a cloth to clean him up because he knows he's not getting anymore food at this sitting.   None of the girls did this, so I wonder if it's just a boy thing. :-)

Next week starts a new chapter in our lives.  Big Girl will be attending her first Homeschool Co-op next Monday.  It is from 9-12 and it meets once a week.  I have to work there at the Co-op for 2 of the 3 hours, so hopefully it will be an easy adjustment for her since I will still be close by.  I have to attend the kick-off meeting tonight.  I'm really looking forward to the exposure this will give her to other children as well as a real teacher/student setting.

I've been wanting to get some movies that I enjoyed as a kid for our kids to watch, so last Thursday we went to the library and picked up "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".   It was a long movie and we got started a little later than I wanted to, so our family movie night ended up being 2 family movie nights.  It was really enjoyable and much better than watching the typical animated kid movies. Next on the list is "Mary Poppins" which I am on the waiting list for.