We took our first trip to the local park yesterday for some hardcore swinging and sliding. Alex seemed to have a great time on the swings, but thought the slide was a little suspect. This could have to do with the person waiting for him at the bottom. We haven’t figured this one out entirely.
This weekend, Alex went to his first birthday party. The party was for Evangeline, mommy’s friend from work’s daughter, and was at the YMCA in Milford. It was actually a lot of fun. They rented out the tumbling room where we got to run around, sing songs, and climb all over things.
After playing in the tumbling room, Evangeline’s grandmother sang a bunch of interactive songs that all the little babies and moms played instruments, clapped, and sang to. Best of all for Alex, he got to see all of his yoga friends outside of yoga. We met a lot of the daddies, who aren’t able to go to yoga, and saw some kids who weren’t in Alex’s class anymore. Oh ya, and of course, there was cake.
Since mommy and daddy felt guilty for leaving Alex home on Valentine’s Day (not by himself or anything, but still), the Tarves clan took a trip down to Boston to visit the New England Aquarium. Alex loved the fish so much at the doctor’s office, we thought this would be a great activity for a Friday afternoon.
It started off kinda rough – as Alex decided to have a bit of a diaper blowout, forcing mommy to go through all kinds of contortions to change him in the back seat of the car – but we all had a great time.
The first thing we saw was the jellyfish exhibit that was there for a limited time. Alex really seemed to like watching the jellies float up and down through the water. They had a lot of cool lighting effects that made it a pretty neat exhibit.
The centerpiece of the New England Aquarium is the giant ocean tank with the wraparound ramp that allows you to walk all around the tank, up to the 4th level. In front of that tank is the penguin exhibit. We spent a little time looking at the penguins, and saved the ocean tank for later.
After seeing the penguins, we looked at the smaller tanks, and played in the tidal pool. The tidal pool is where you can touch all kinds of low-maintenance sea life like starfish, clams, and other weird stuff. Mommy picked up a bunch, and made daddy touch them – against his will.
By the time we got around to the ocean tank, Alex was pretty tired. He saw the gigantic sea turtles, the shark, and a huge eel. We took him out of the backpack, and he fell asleep right in mommy’s arms. It was a really awesome day, and Alex seemed to like the tanks that had a lot of bright colors and fast-moving fish (as is to be expected). We will definitely be back there again as he grows up.
Last night, Grammy Jane babysat so mommy and daddy could go out to dinner. We found a detailed confession on the table when we got home:
Awesome…Mom and Dad just left. Grammy and I are heading upstairs to get a new bum. Grammy Jane’s singing the “New Bum” song to me. Wanna new bum, duh duh…one that don’t got a crack, duh duh… She just grabbed Goodnight Moon and we’re going back downstairs.
We’re heading into the kitchen so Grammy Jane can make a peanut butter & banana sandwich and get some milk. That sandwich looks yucky. Ahhh..that flash is bright. Grammy Jane is taking pictures to send to Aunty Danielle. We’re sitting on the floor and Grammy Jane’s holding me so we can read Goodnight Moon while she eats that gross sandwich.
I can’t take it anymore…BLLLLLAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! Crap, now my dinner is all over the place. At least I hit Grammy Jane with most of it. Look, it’s on her pants, the rug, and the chair. Dude..I even made a puddle in the cuff of her jeans. I’m pretty good at this.
On Wednesday, Alex took his first bath at home. He behaved really well, but I can’t imagine the washing was all that effective. Here’s a timeline of the event:
