Guessing

Yesterday, we were eating lunch at Hanover's newest eatery, Quizno's. It's not that much better than Subway, but it's fun to try something new. They have a toppings station, where you can help yourself to pickle slices, so Sadie loves it since she's a big fan of "peek-als". While we were eating, Dan overheard a group of three people talking about Sadie.

Person #1: How old do you think that baby is?
Person #2: Well, she's sitting up, so she has to be 6 months. (Sadie was sitting in a high chair)
Person #3: But she's picking food up with her hands. So maybe older. (She was eating pickle slices, little bits of turkey and some Veggie Booty)
Person #2: Yeah, 6-12 months old for sure, since she's sitting and eating with her hands.
They continue along for a few minutes. Then, they approach us.

Person #1: Hi! We're medical students and we're doing pediatrics right now. How old is your baby? We were trying to figure it out.
Us: She's 16 months.
Person #1: Oh, we guessed 6-12 months.
Us: That's ok, she looks younger than she is because she doesn't have much hair.
Person #1: Does she know how to walk?
Us: Yes, she's been walking for a while.
Medical students: Bye, baby!
Sadie: Buh-bye!

Keep studying, med students! You'll get it soon.



The pics with this post are from today's visit to the playground. They don't have anything to do with the medical students at Quizno's, but I like to include pics with every post.

Fun Friday

The sun is out! The air is not freezing cold! It's a good day for the swings.

I'm pointing at a little boy I see in the distance.
Then, we got new books at the library, blew bubbles and met Daddy for lunch in Hanover!

PS Is no one reading these days? We love to get comments from our visitors, please don't be shy!

Her own door

Sadie's favorite part of her new climbing structure/slide is the child-sized door. She loves to open the door, go in, shut it behind her, open it, go out and repeat. The slide is fun too, but the doorway into the little "house" is even better.
This photo is from last Friday when we had pretty nice weather.

Gymnastics, the Aftermath

Today was Sadie's first gymnastics class, Baby Bears, at Northern Lights Gymnastics. She loved it. I think she would have liked to stay all day. Her favorite part was running down the giant trampoline and jumping into the "pit"...a big hole filled with small foam blocks. Unfortunately, you can't bring a camera into the gym area, but here is the immediate aftermath of class.

Note, I am not driving while taking this picture. She was fast asleep in the parking lot, before the car was even moving.

Here is Sadie standing in the entryway, watching the other children come in for the class. There are five girls; Sadie, Tieran, Charlotte, two Sophies, and one boy, Josh, in her group.

It was a good Easter

Easter was a really special time for Sadie to see many of her relatives from Daddy's family. She got to spend time with Nana, Grampy, Auntie Kara and Auntie Lolly, as well as her great-grandparents, cousins Karen and Barry and little cousins Anabel and Sophie. Sadie loved playing with the girls, who were so sweet to her! The egg hunt was a particular favorite.

We're hoping to have an album of spring pictures on Ofoto within the next couple of days, which will include all the Passover and Easter pictures as well as lots of other cute ones!

Special Visitor

Grandma came all the way from New York to see me!

We had such a good time. I love you, Grandma!

A Zeisen Pesach!

A Zeisen Pesach is Yiddish for a "Sweet Passover" and is a traditional way of wishing someone a happy Passover. Sadie is very sweet, so it's definitely a Zeisen Pesach with her. We all enjoyed our seder at Andy, Laura and Isaac's house....thank you so much for inviting us. Sadie's favorite part was the yummy, yummy matzah. She also enjoyed finding the afikomen and asking "why?" when it was time for the Four Questions.

More pictures tomorrow!

Hunt and Find

This morning, we took Sadie to the CCBA (our local community center, like a Y) to meet the Easter "buh-neh" and hunt for eggs. By the time we got there, the toddler egg hunt area had been picked clean, so we took Sadie over to the older kids area where she quickly found two eggs. Since it was only 30 degrees out, two eggs was plenty.

Sadie liked the buh-neh just fine as long as Daddy was holding her, but she didn't like him at all if she was alone.

This kicks off our busy Spring Holiday week. Wednesday, we'll have a Passover seder at Andy, Laura and Isaac's house and next weekend, we'll go to Nana and Grampy's house for Easter. Sadie will have lots of opportunities to hunt and find: first for the afikomen at the seder and then another Easter egg hunt at Nana and Grampy's.

Happy Birthday, Nana!

Happy birthday to my best Nana!

Nana, I am looking in this Pottery Barn Kids catalogue to see if I can find you a good present. There are a lot pictures of babies in this catalogue, so I like it, but I'm not sure if there is anything you would like. I love you so much and am sending you lots and lots of kisses!

Excursion

Here's Sadie in the car, ready for a ride to see Beth and Jake. She's got her sippy cup, her Bay-Bee doll and her cute baseball cap. We had a great time visiting with them and their "baby to be" on Saturday. We're so excited for them and Beth is looking adorable. Her belly is just starting to poke out!

Yard-work

Sadie is helping Daddy with springtime yard-work. Thanks for the little lawnmower, Nana!

Snack in the Open Air

One of the joys of springtime is being able to have snack outside. Sadie enjoyed her "mulk" and a big "cooo-kee" on a bench in Hanover. Don't worry, she didn't eat that whole cookie! She was kind enough to share it with Mommy.

She's a little teapot...

Here is a video of Sadie and Mommy playing "I'm a Little Teapot." It cracks Sadie up every time.

New Conveyance

Sadie got Daddy this backpack for his birthday. I think she likes it even more than he does. We used it today and had a great time. We were going to walk to the playground, but there were a lot of dark clouds and we decided to just walk the loop around our block.



Sadie has already learned to say "bah-pah" and tries to climb in on her own so we've had to hide it in the guest room. The backpack will surely be getting a lot of use this spring and summer and for a while into the future. It can carry up to 40 pounds and Sadie weighs about 23.

This morning

A sideways glance...

Pointing at a birdie..

Say "cheese", Sadie!

Tidbits

Here are a couple funny things about Sadie:

• She says "muk" instead of "mina" for milk. I think most of you would be able to understand what she means, too.
  
• The other day, I was singing along to the radio when I was strapping her into her car seat. "I Want You to Want Me" by the immortal Cheap Trick was playing. When I got to the title line, Sadie pushed my face away with her hands and angrily said "No! Mine!"
  
• If you are walking along with Sadie outside and she sees or hears a bird, she will immediately become rooted to the spot at which she is standing, point to the sky and say "birdie" over and over. If you whistle like a bird, she will do the same thing. This makes it a bit difficult to walk anywhere with her.

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Dear Daddy,
Happy birthday! I hope you have a great day. Since it is your birthday, I can tell you in front of everyone how much I love you. You are so fun! I like to play with my toys with you because you do funny things and you showed me how to build very high towers. You make a lot of sound effects when you read to me. You are the best at giving me baths! I love to see you at the end of the day when you come to pick me up from daycare. You are my very best Daddy!
Love and sloppy kisses always,
Sadie

25% Irish, 100% Cute!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from our little leprechaun.

(green sweatsuit a gift from Nana and Grampy, little chair a gift from Grandma and Grandpa)

Helpful

After a fun visit to the Montshire with Isaac and his dad Andy, we were ready to head home. Sadie was determined to push her friend across the parking lot to his car. She was able to push the stroller for quite a while, despite it being loaded with 6 month old Isaac, Isaac's diaper bag and assorted other baby gear.



While at the museum, another mother asked if Sadie and Isaac were both my children. They are 9 months and a few days apart in age, so perhaps it is technically possible, but yikes. They are just friends, thank goodness, and Isaac has his own very nice mommy.

Sit at Table, Drink Milk

I like this picture from Monday's library outing because it's a good view of Sadie's recent hair, plus you can see her cute feet dangling in her new LLBean knock-off Merrell shoes. Doesn't she look like a genuine toddler sitting in a chair like that?