Lake Elizabeth

A few weekends ago, we headed up to meet our friends Mike, Ai, and Hannah for an outing at Lake Elizabeth. It was the first warm day after all the rain we had been having. It was so nice to just get outdoors. Even I have to admit that it was just nice having Isabel and Ozzie enjoy the warm weather.

Izzy loves being chased around and I'm trying to be as mobile as I possibly can... I wish Ozzie would chase her and wear her out that way but Ozzie is too much of an independent spirit and needs his own space.

One of her favorite summer toys is the bubble wand and she picked up how to blow bubbles that day. She tries for awhile and gets a few but in the end, the wand ends up in her mouth along with all the bubble solution. One of the parents in my group told me that bubble solution is a stool softener... Hmmm....

I was looking over the pictures from that day and there were a lot of shots of Izzy eating. There was always a cookie or a strawberry, or something she was eating. The funny thing is, she doesn't eat all that much during regular meal times. She's a big snacker! She knows exactly where the cookies and popsicles are in the house. Oh the little one knows the difference between Cheerios and Cinammon Toast Crunch. On her last check up, she was only in the 10% percentile for weight but 90% for her head size. She's a smart skinny baby! I was super skinny when I was a toddler so I don't think it's too bad that she's thin. I am a firm believer that kids will eat when they're hungry and not to force them to eat. Although sometimes it does make me mad that she doesn't eat, I just have to realize that she will not starve herself. She's too smart for that. Another recent developmental milestone, my sweet little girl has learned how to throw tantrums. I did get by without them for awhile but now, they pop out of nowhere. We ignore her as much as possible when she has one but she gets even more angry. Oh the joys on entering the terrible twos.