Learning New Things

      Quinlan is trying all kinds of new things. Like riding this pink plastic trunk at the park off the bike path. This picture really makes him look like a toddler. He really loves to beep the horn and is getting the hang of balancing while sitting on the trunk.
      Quinlan is also more mobile now and belly crawls all over the house. If left for a few seconds playing alone, you may find him sitting in the middle of the kitchen. Currently he only seems interested in banging the shiny silver garbage can and playing with the lower magnets on the fridge. The kitchen is the least baby proofed room, so we are keeping an eye on him and trying to move things that we had not thought of as dangerous before.

     Quinlan still enjoys the swings, but we have been trying out different parks in the area so he can at least try different swing sets. This one here is at a more mommy-friendly level and does not require a lot of bending or crouching to push.
     However, this park is made up of wood chips, and as we learned at a different park, Quinlan sometimes decides they look good to gnaw on. Some of the local parents set up some of their older plastic toys, so at least Quinlan could play on the truck. The other parts of this park we a little too old for Q, so after the sings and truck riding, we had a snack and walked home.
     This was the first day over 70 degrees, so Quinlan sported his fisherman's hat and plaid shorts. We are trying to keep him in long sleeves as much as possible to avoid sun exposure, although Ben researched and bought a bunch of baby-safe sunscreen. We want our fair little man to enjoy the outside, but not at the cost of his skin.