Going on 21 Months

Carly will be 21 months tomorrow. She decided to show off her climbing abilities at the park this morning by climbing up a high curved ladder for the first time. (By the third time she completed this task I was brave enough to back way enough to capture it on video.)

I Scream, You Scream,...

...We all scream for Ice Cream! And that is exactly what we did today. Carly had a lot of her friends over from our playgroup today for an Ice Cream Social. The kids made a craft together - gluing down pieces of construction paper to make an ice cream cone, and then adding stickers to their paper creations for sprinkles. After some indoor playtime, we made yummy ice cream sundaes to eat outside while we played (on the hottest day of the year, thus far).

It was quite wild at moments of the afternoon, but it was a lot more fun and a lot calmer than I had anticipated.

Daily Sing Alongs

Carly has gotten quite fond of singing in the afternoon. She started with "Open, Shut Them," a song we sing each week at the library. We then added "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "I'm a Little Tea Pot." While out on the boat a few of the older girls taught her "Ring Around the Rosey," which she absolutely adores. Originally she would only want to play it with those girls; however, due to differing schedules and the weather we haven't been able to see those girls. So now she feels that I am good enough to play with. We go around, and around, and around, and she sings the "ashes, ashes, ashes" part. To the point where typically once of us gets dizzy and has to stop, much to her disappointment.

Carly has also added "If You're Happy and You Know It," to her collection of songs to sing each afternoon. We go through all of the motions, clapping, stomping, turning around, and shouting "Hooray!" All of this music has made our afternoons quite entertaining.

*Dave has video to post shortly of her dancing to "If You're Happy and You Know It."

Shirtless Thursday

During lunch today Carly began trying to take her shirt off. She successfully got her head out of the shirt, but not her arms. She ate her entire lunch with her shirt behind her neck. She willingly put her shirt back on for nap time; however, she quickly took the shirt off when she awoke from her nap. After an hour of shirtless playing she willingly put it back on with the condition of being able to go outside and play. She went out back to play and I went out back to weed and pick up loose stones. We worked/played until the thunder began.

Carly kept her shirt on until dinner time, but then again put it behind her neck. After dinner the shirt came off, and she continued to play shirtless.

A "Temporary" Replacement

Our mailbox was hit by a car many, many weeks ago. Last week our postal carrier was on vacation and the substitute carrier was a rule follower, which led to our mail being held until a mailbox was rehung. Unfortunately, replacing our mailbox has not been a simple process. We decided to leave the mail as "held" until we returned from Seabrook. Now that we are home, this is David's temporary mailbox design:

Thankfully, our mail delivery can resume!! (No more daily trips to the post office!)

Cooking with Daddy

Carly and David made a snack together once we got home from Seabrook, while I headed off to the grocery store to restock the fridge. They were too cute!!

Beach Weekend

Our family ventured to Seabrook Island this weekend to visit with Carly's G.G.s, Grandparents, and Aunt Julia. During our time there Carly went to the pool four times and the ocean once. Monday was the only day that Carly didn't get to go in the water prior to her nap, instead we watched the Island's parade before joining in the parade with our bikes- during which Carly fell asleep in her bicycle seat.