We started our Saturday with a 3K walk at the Texas Children's Family Fun Run. There was also a fantastic family fun zone sponsored by H-E-B that had a ton of great activities for kids including rides, bounce houses, etc. It will be really exciting when Harper can enjoy those things when she's older.
(someone was tired #skippednormalnaptime)
We started in the 27th (and last) heat of the participants with a lot of the other families with strollers (there's a special section for families with strollers so we don't interfere with people who are actually running the 1K or 3K routes).
After the walk we stayed for a bit at the family fun zone to chat with some friends and then we went home for naptime and lunch from Zoe's Kitchen (yum!)
Today we relaxed at home, cleaned up the house a little bit and meal-prepped for the week. Harper doesn't eat purees anymore so we chop everything up for her to take to daycare for the week. I love that we can feed her normal food now and not have to puree and freeze stuff. I also love that once she enters the toddler room, the food is provided and included in our tuition dues. It was really important to us that her daycare have healthy food options and the menu is wonderful and everything is chef-prepared daily. Lots of whole grains, fruits and veggies, just like we would feed her at home.
We introduced Harper to a walker toy this weekend and she is obessed. She has always been great at cruising along furniture but she hated walking holding our hands. I'm in zero rush for her to walk because it's already a workout chasing her around when she crawls, but I think the walker has made her comfortable walking forwards. Some experts believe that walkers actually delay walking because babies use them as a crutch and don't develop the balance they need as quickly, so we decided to offer it a couple of times a day for a limited time so that she's still practicing cruising and crawling to move around.
We got this V-Tech one and she loves the front that has all of the thing she can play with too. As soon as she started to use the walker, she will walk with us holding her hands too. We also noticed (even before she started using the walker) that she would sometimes stand for a few seconds on her own. Her teachers told us the same thing so she's been getting more and more comfortable with balance. She's also gotten a lot better at falling and more often than not catches herself or plops down onto her butt.
Harps on the go!
She also loves the DK Publishing First Words flashcards- she takes them out of the box one by one and we name each object/thing and talk about the shape and color, etc.
Harper's Bow- thanks to Liv's Lane | Harper's Romper- Baby Gap
A 5 minute weekend chalkboard (I seriously just now erased the Valentine's one�whoops!)
Naptime cuddles�I didn't even wash my face or put on makeup today. You can see the previous night's mascara smudged underneath my eye, Britney style. Lazy family Sundays are the greatest of all :)
Hope you had a wonderful weekend!
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