I looked into all manner of summer activities for L, but I haven’t signed her up for any of them.  Dance class, introduction to sports, Suzuki preschool, soccer.  The thing is, we are pretty content right now.  We walk to the local park or drive ten minutes to the nearest beach park (on the lake) or go to the pool or the library or just spread some quilts and hang out in the back yard.  Or we stay in and L paints or colors or “reads” or makes cupcakes.  (Making cupcakes entails filling cupcake papers with various small items she owns – matchbox cars, marbles, playing cards, finger puppets, and so on.  She calls it baking.  It is ridiculously cute.)  I am still pondering dance class as I do think she could really benefit in terms of her gross motor skills.  She still lags in that area, mainly I think because she prefers to sit and watch the world go by than to run around and interact with it and risk injury.

We headed to the pool on Monday, and L preferred to sit on the pool steps the entire time.  She’s not sulking or sad or scared.  She’s just perfectly happy to sit there and watch.  She is always sad to leave and tells me she’s having a good time.  This child of mind.  I have never seen another child at the pool sit like that.  This trip there were some obnoxious boys age 10 or 11 or so making a ruckus.  I want to embrace their joie de vivre, but it is amazing how a couple overbearing kids can really sour things for everyone else.

Our new water table.  L tires of it quickly, but B absolutely loves it.  Pictures of that to come.

I am working tomorrow and Saturday.  It is a bit of a pain because I am still nursing and someone has to bring B to me at midday.  (They are both relatively short days, so it works.)