Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Caged Animals

It was a perfect day. Perfect sunshine, perfect temperatures. Josh came to play this morning. He is no longer content to sit on a lap or in the stroller. The high chair occupies him for only short periods of time while the Cheerio supply holds out. He wants to move.

Seeing as my home is not very well baby proofed and I preferred to be outdoors, today we set up "the cage". I can't recall where I picked up this particular life saving piece of apparatus, but I think it may have been the church dumpster a few years back. We lay an old bedspread out on the floor of the back porch and stretched out the pen. Add a few toys and voila! a perfect place for Josh to play. (As you can see, we are aware of the dangers that come with the diamond shaped openings and he was not left unsupervised.)

This was Troy's last "Martha Day" and only Alysa arrived on the bus at noon. Sara and Tyler both went home with friends. So, now school is out and the fun begins. I need to figure out some fun days in July so I will know when I am available to watch little girls who must attend summer school and when I will be off gallivanting...

7 comments:

  1. So Josh is getting more restless huh? I guees that happens to all babies at some point.

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  2. LoL, Joe! Some never get over the wanderlust. That is a cool tool!

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  3. Hi Martha, I just wanted to say i really enjoy reading your blog :-)

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  4. I had one of those play-yards when my kids were little. Good memories. Josh is growing fast.

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  5. We had one of those of those too. In fact I had a couple to block doorways when we had a floor furnace years ago when the kids were little.

    Love the picture of you playing with Josh.

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  6. Actually, that is Hannah playing with Josh, but thank you.

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  7. I hope the cage kept Hannah content as well;)

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