Mr. Clean

You are aware of Bradley's sweeping abilities. Now he has a new talent. After we change his diaper in the sun room, he will walk the bag to the garage and the, with assistance, deposit it in the garbage can.

New Game

In this video, Bradley demonstrates a new game that we play. It is called Ball in Box.
Step 1: Grab a ball
Step 2: Put ball (or any small object) in precision cut hole of $60 box.
Step 3: Lift box
Step 4: Watch and listen to balls roll out (giggles optional)
Step 5: Retrieve balls while box girl resets the box
Step 6: Repeat over and over and over again!

Brad also plays traditional games, as shown in this video.

Walking, Walking, Walking

Bradley sure is getting good at walking. He can walk forward and backwards. He can walk with or without shoes. Sometimes he walks around with one shoe on and one shoe off. Brad is getting comfortable at walking on uneven surfaces like grass and mulch. He still hasn't mastered sloped surfaces, either up or down.

Visiting the Toddler Room

Today, Bradley was invited to spend the day in the Toddler Room at school. Bradley was served lunch of fish sticks, cheesy potatoes, and peas on a paper plate. (Ms. Kim said that he was unsure of the paper plate since the Infant Room does not use paper plates.) After Bradley at his lunch, it was nap time. Ms. Kim showed Bradley how to lay on a cot. Bradley feel asleep and slept for 2 1/2 hours. This is big since he usually sleeps 45 minutes in the Infant Room.

Backwards

On a couple of occassions today, Bradley walked backwards. When he got started, he would not stop until he ran into a piece of furniture. We think Bradley was trying to show off for Grandma and Maureen.

Yummy in the Tummy

Bradley has been expanding his palate recently. Last week he ate chicken nuggets. This week he started eating real (not mushed) peas. On Monday he had some steak and today he had some hamburger.

When we were in Pittsburgh, Brad made his 5th visit to Primanti's. This was the first time he ate any of the food there. I gave him a little bit of my French fries.

Another Birthday

We attended a surprise party for Bradley's great grandma's 85th birthday. All of her family was together for the first time in decades.


Before the party, Bradley was very kind to help clean up.


After the party, he was totally wiped out. He fell asleep 6 minutes after we left.

Sun, Sand, and Water

We all went to the Kemil Beach today. This was Bradley's first time to a beach. While we were there, a whole party showed up for a wedding. So, this was Bradley's second time to a wedding. We only stayed about an hour since the sun was pretty strong. We never did get into the water since it was less than 60 degrees. Bradley did get manage to take a dip later. Click on the picture for a video.

Water Table

If you are like me, when you hear the term "water table", you think of the upper limit of abundant groundwater. (In the vadose zone, above the water table, the interstices between particles of earth are filled by air, or by air and water (with the exception of the capillary fringe). Below it, every available space is saturated with water. The definition of the water table is surface where the pressure head is equal to atmospheric pressure (where gauge pressure = 0).) However, now that I am a parent I have learned otherwise. A Water Table is a really fun toy. Click on the picture below to see Bradley demostrate both the correct and incorrect way to use the table.

Vroom Vroom

Bradley was all psyched for the Nextel All-Star Challenge. He was doing laps in the sun room, but he wore himself out and missed the start of the 1st race. This was the first time he used this toy properly. Maybe he was just trying to work off all the french fries he ate for dinner.

Of course, we have video - Windows (800k), iPod (1.6M).