More Adventures

Since our last post, Jadyn has enjoyed a few fun outings. We went to a birthday party at the Children's Museum, and this was Jadyn's second visit to the museum. It was a brand new experience for her compared to when she went 3.5 months prior, as she is now so mobile and completely different activities caught her attention.

Going down the 'glacier' slide

Pressing buttons, pulling levers

Feeding ping pong balls through a maze

Sitting in the front seat of a large toy car


The Children's Museum is at the Seattle Center, and it was so beautifully sunny that day. We stopped by the International Fountain after the party. Jadyn enjoyed trying to catch the sprays of water.


Completely wiped out later that day


Last weekend we took Jadyn down to the Fremont Fair for the Solstice Parade. We were curious how long the parade would hold her attention. She was fascinated and watched nearly the entire parade!




This week it FINALLY hit the mid-70's, and on 77-degree Wednesday, Jadyn went to the zoo. The first stop was at the Humboldt penguin exhibit, where Jadyn stared and stared at these creatures and then finally said "caw", just like she says to the crows. A few minutes later, we found ourselves in front of the jaguars. The big boy jaguar was grooming himself just like our cats at home, and it didn't take Jadyn long to say "meow." Here is J by the jaguar exhibit; there really is thick glass there!


We also saw gorillas, giraffes, hippos, various exotic birds, and several different species of monkeys. After a couple of hours Jadyn was overcome by a nap. We'll return to the zoo again soon!

Later that same day, Jadyn really enjoyed playing at home. The weather shield for the stroller became a boat of sorts....


Downward dog


She likes reading her Numbers book, and when asked which page has the kitties on it, she had no trouble finding the "meows."


After she tired of toddler games, she turned on the TV (!!!) on her way to climbing up on the couch, and proceeded to spend 10 minutes shredding a paper towel she nabbed from the kitchen. At least she wasn't actually watching TV!


Jadyn's saying more and more words these days. She has added knee to her anatomy vocabulary and correctly names avocado at home, in the grocery store, and at friend's houses. Her dear friend Cleo, who lives next door, is "kee-yo" with an accent on the "yo". She also says diaper and, occasionally, poo. This week she very smartly took Daddy to see exactly where some of her diaper's contents had leaked out, which we weren't thrilled to clean up, but were very excited to see the growth in her communication skills. Mom is convinced Jadyn is trying to count, because she'll point at objects and say something that sounds like "one...two..." It's a start!

Jadyn has gotten to be quite a climber. She can get herself onto the seat of one of the kitchen chairs without any adult help (we still need to photo document this), and we have had to collapse the stroller when it is not in use after we found she could climb into it herself (and almost topple it in the act). She plays in the collapsed stroller anyway.


And bubbles.... She really likes bubbles!