The Age of Discovery

Lexi is so curious right now about the world around her.  I always joke that trying to take posed pictures of her is a joke because she is always crawling away to explore something new, around the house or when we are out and about.  So I decided to embrace this stage and just capture pictures of her doing what she does day in and day out.  Right now, she is fascinated by opening and closing doors, objects going in and out of containers and trying to stand against furniture, walk around and sit herself back down on the ground.  She loves to play in with water, paint and any item that we use around the house...bowls, golfballs, spoons, tupperware, lids, plastic eggs....the list goes on.  Our play at home time normally consists of me setting up an "invitation" for some new play opportunity with objects around the house and letting her explore it.   Today we painted feet and squished our toes in the paint.  Then after stamps and squishing around we got two footprints close together and turned them into a butterfly!  These are just a few pictures that give you just snapshot of what a "day in the life" is like with Lexi these days.

 With our next child we will purchase iron on monthly stickers...there is no hope keeping those on a shirt anymore. 

 Here's the "You Caught Me" look while she was playing with the doors to the dog pens.

Wow...they close and open!

 Finally crawling on all fours on the carpet.  She's still a speed demon on her belly on the wood floors though.

 More door fascination

I caught her peeking under the bed....look what she found. 

" Mommy...shoes don't go under the bed, you silly goose"

 And this is her latest trick (captured on Nick's side of the closet).  She can bend down, touch the ground and go from standing to sitting.  Hooray!  Now she doesn't scream in frustration every time she pulls herself up and can't get down.

We also had our first trip to the library. Lexi was decked out in her special bookworm shirt that reads "I'll be a bookworm as soon as I learn to read" from Aunt Margaret. And of course we had to also bring her Bookwork Bookbag as well. We had a fun day at the library with Mimi, found some board books to read and even met a couple new friends. The Flower Mound library has an excellent kids section. Lexi was more fascinated with the other kids and the toys than doing much reading, but I'm sure we'll enjoy reading our new books at home during storytime in the evenings. We plan on trying to make it a weekly trip. What great free entertainment!

I love this look....she has discovered something that she just HAS to touch!

Where are the balls...in the mirror? Hmmm...that's tricky

This was the only time she really sat still to listen to a story.  Mimi's got the magic touch and magic voice.

This is such a fun age!