Water Play on the Stoop

His little bottom lip cracks me up. Those bags that look like bags of poo are bags of worm poo or worm castings from my worm farm at work! They've been sitting there for almost a year! I need to put them in the ground near a plant's roots...

On the first really warm spring day I plopped him on our front stoop with a bowl of water and some scoopers to see what he would do.

Huggie Bear

Aki Bear loves soft, fluffy things, like cats, dogs, Tomás the Bear, the leopard print pillow and cowstar. He wants to hug them all. Like so:

I think hugging is something that humans are born to do. I don't think we taught him to hug he just knows to do it to things that he loves and wants to touch. It's really neat.

Bubbles

In swim class we practice blowing bubbles underwater. He hasn't really done that in class but instead just spits the water out (which is better than swallowing it!) At home, during bath he practices his bubble blowing and he's getting good!

Mother's Day Ice Scream

Mother's Day Nap:

At my request we went to Maple View Farm for some ice scream on M's Day. Of course I forgot to bring the camera so I didn't get a pic of the Bear eating his first ice cream. I had Butter Pecan and Mike had Double Chocolate...both delicious. The Bear kicked his legs in delight when trying them both. He got a yellow balloon bear (it came a little unraveled) and fell asleep on the car ride home.

A Walk Around the Block

I asked Mike, who seems to know everything, what kind of tree this is (because Stanley loves petting it). Mike said, it's a weird spruce. So now we call it the weird spruce. I love how it's limbs are so low to the ground. 

Here are a neighbors Foxglove flowers. They are really gorgeous. They have this speckled pattern inside. Aki Burrito LOVES these. He gets so excited when he realizes that we're getting close to them. You'll see his excitement in the video below.

I just thought he looked cute here. With his water-soaked footie p.j.s and the morning light.

Here is a video of one of our morning walks around the block. It was probably around 7:30 am and we saw so many of our favorite things on the walk. Plus you get to see Aki Bear practicing his wave and his clapping!

Laundry "Helper"

It's almost impossible to get anything done around the house these days because Stan Bear is so mobile and active! The only thing the helps me stay sane is just simply letting go and letting him explore. Here he is in action:

Finger Foods...

Or shall we say, mouth foods:

The Bear prefers foods he can eat with his hands now. It makes feeding times a lot messier. Every now and then I can spoonfeed him things like yogurt, hummus or oatmeal but I have to either give him fingerfoods (like puffs or pieces of fruits) in between spoonfuls or he likes to hold on to something while he eats, like a cup or his water bottle.