Playing in the Sand

      Our local park uses sand instead of grass or wood chips as its ground cover, so it is almost like playing in a big sand box or being at the beach. Quinlan loves to belly crawl along the sand or kick it with his feet when sitting. It is very cute to watch, but no matter how much we brush him off, sand seems to appear in the crib or on the changing table.
     Quinlan also loves to comb the sand with his hand and finds all kinds of treasures that he hands to mama - sticks, rocks, leaves, bandaids, plastic, etc. He is single-handedly keeping the local playground clean, and having a blast doing it!

     Quinlan also likes to play in the tube slides, but is scared to actually go down them at this time. He prefers exploring in it, and banging against its walls. We are working on climbing up it, but he doesn't seem as interested in that yet. It is super cute to see his little legs kick as he is in there, as they don't reach the ground.
     Right next to the tube slides is a set of wind chimes that Quinlan like to pull and bang to make music. He has been playing with those since he was 8 months old, and just needs a willing parent to hold him up at the right level. Once he is standing though, he will be able to do it without support.
     Quinlan has been working on pulling himself up to standing. He can do it from a sitting position on a low bench but not from sitting on the floor yet. He seems to be real close and is very pleased with himself each time he stands.