Packer Nuk

Mabel rediscovered her Packer nuk while watching the Pack today.

S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Night

Just hanging out on a Saturday night when suddenly Mabel went a little nuts. See the video for details.

She had a really nice weekend so far. We went out for dinner at T's, a local bar & grill, and Mabel walked ALL the way home by herself. Three blocks! She had Wiggleworms with Mia this morning and brunch afterwards with Mia and her fam. Then a nice nap while mom went shopping with some gal pals from work. Finally, some awesome playtime and dancing at home tonight.

Mabel is REALLY looking foward to some bonus days home with mama. Well, maybe mama is looking forward to it even more. Mom has this Tuesday and next Thursday off of school for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Play Dates with Mia & Nora

Mabel had a full social calendar this week. Mama's friend, Brooke, and her daughter, Nora, came to visit. The girls had a great time playing at Mabel's house and watching daddy play in his band.

Mabel also got together with Mia this morning to kick it at the playground. No Wiggleworms this weekend and Mabel couldn't let a weekend go by without some quality Mia time. Mabel continues to despise swings, but she did start to warm up to the slide this morning.

We're Back!!!

The computer dark times are over!! Our MacBook was under the weather for a few weeks, but has come back to life thanks to hard work from daddy. I have also transferred our entire photo library over to my work computer, so there should never be significant down time since my work laptop has it's own service dept. Anyway, sorry for the long break and I'm hoping to pick up the pace now that our electronic life is back in order.

Mabel continues to be a total hoot. Lots of new words. Check out the vid for her first crack at "touchdown". And FYI - pants were optional at our house this weekend. Other new tricks... sumo walk (I'll try to get a vid of that), identifying the letter M, turning the Wii on and off, reaching stuff on my desk in Craft Corner (not something I'm particularly pleased about), pretending to cook us stuff in her little kitchen, and just overall cracking us up.

Mabel has already been to two Wiggleworms classes. It's a class at the Old Town School for little tykes. We sing, dance, catch bubbles, play tamborines, and all kinds of fun stuff. The first week Mabel just pretty much watched, but this weekend she joined right in. There is no class next week, but we're looking forward to class on the 27th.

We also had Mabel's 15 month check up. All is well. So nice to have a short paragraph on that.

Finally, in general, here's what Mabel has been into lately: Elmo, strawberries, talking Leap Frog, Isabel, her kitchen, books, the moldy frog that she plays with in the tub (she brought it to day care two days last week and to Wiggleworms), creamy milk, her puzzle, her toothbrush, and her new magnetic letter thing (stick the letter in and it says the letter and sings an annoying song).

Just sayin'

Packers' record against the Vikings and Lions since Mabel's conception: ten wins, zero losses.