Past-times

Lyla's new favorite past-time is digging through her basket of toys. She can entertain herself for a long time just pulling things out and banging them together over and over and over....we love watching her from afar.

Lyla's New Favorite Toy

Despite our attempt to buy Lyla a new toy today designed to help her gross motor development, she decided she preferred Daddy's Coke bottle. She went into breakdown mode when he tried to snag it from her for a drink.

Next time, I think we'll skip the toy and just buy her a bottle of water. :)

The Toy Store!!

It's been very difficult to post lately as most of our free time is consumed with getting ready for the Move. We're particularly appreciative of Nan, Aunt Carole and Aunt Tevan for recently coming to help us get things ready.

We were excited to have time to take Lyla to the toystore in Oakley today. She was initially a little tired when we got there, but she immediately became interested in the sites and sounds as we looked at and played with various toys. At one point, she became very agitated that we left her in her stroller - she's beginning to learn to communicate with us about exactly what she wants, and she seems to have very definitive ideas about what she wants. Today, she wanted out! She was so excited to look all around at the toys, and she made herself remain awake throughout our visit.

Of course, I was excited to check out the girly stuff:


















Lance laughed about how the visit reminded him of visits to the toy store with Grandma Hottman to "just look" around Childrens' Palace. Of course, these visits always resulted in game or two for him and Kipper.

















We bought Lyla a new toy called "First Snaps". She seems to like eating them, of course.


















We're not sure which she likes better - the toy we bought her or the book Daddy bought today to research vacation options. Who can tell?