Playing With Ashley

wonder what she's looking at
eating some snacks

I offered to watch my niece Ashley, age 1 today while Nanny took Abby to her 1st day of preK 4. The moms had to stay for the 1st day. Sean did really well playing with Ashley and found a new game that he likes, Hungry Hippos. I can see that we'll be having this game in our house, too.

Curiosity

cutie patootie
Sean had school today and I found out that he was really good, so he got rewarded with a car wash. Yes, we just had a wash yesterday, so my car is very clean! On the way home, he told me, "mommy, I had fun today". It's so good to hear him tell me that he is enjoying himself.


Nap time was cut short by very loud thunder. Sean has never liked the sound of thunder and woke up in tears. So, after some comforting and a snack, he was ready to play.


I usually have an arsenal of rainy day activities, but we had already played with Play-doh and board games last night, so he decided to play with his train table. He always says, "mommy, you wanna play with me?". I played a bit with him and then started to cook dinner and I was pleasantly surprised to see him playing with his cars and trains all by himself. Sean rarely entertains himself, so this is a new step.


After playing, I asked if he wanted to watch a movie, and as I predicted, he chose "Cars". I love this movie, too. This time instead of just watching the movie, he asked me questions. "What is Lightening McQueen doing?", "why did those tires come off?", "who is that?". He is becoming very inquisitive which I love!! Now, we're waiting for Kenny to get home from work, so we can play some more games!!