busy monday

William is constantly surprising me these days. He is so curious and so adventurous and is constantly exploring and playing. Today was one of those days.

After breakfast he walked into the bathroom and did the sign for "bath" over and over until I turned the water on. We have a bubble machine that terrified him for the longest time, but he recently has come to love it. We ended up diluting the bubble liquid when we put it in the machine because they come out so fast. He ended up with a true bubble bath...Ater the tub he came out and picked up a Wii remote and pointed to the TV. I was curious to see what he'd do, so we sat on the couch (his new favorite play spot... we turn it into somewhat of a fort) and I put MarioKart on 2 players. He's no fool, he knows if his remote isn't doing anything. So he'd look at the buttons he was pushing and watch what they'd do on the game. You know he's really comfortable when he crosses his feet. He's quite the gamer...After a nap and lunch we decided to bike to Gateway to exchange somethings at Old Navy. We love bike rides. We are borrowing my parents' bike seat that attatches to the back, but are seriously considering getting one of these:

Anyone have any good or bad experiences they'd like to share? I think it'd be more fun to have him up where I can see him. I think he'd enjoy it more as well. We are also thinking about getting a second bike. Nothing too exciting, but something William and I can ride around downtown. We are considering checking out some yard sales this weekend. I was browsing around online today and found a picture of this beauty: It threw me back fifteen or so years. One of my three best buds growing up had a banana bike, and we'd take turns riding it around the circle. I think we'd even put two of us on there at a time. It was so fun. I wonder how a bike seat would fin on something like that...

Back to Gateway, William couldn't resist the fountains, and I couldn't resist letting him explore them. It's a good thing we had just purchased a new outfit at Old Navy, because otherwise it would've been a cold ride home. He wandered all over, fascinated, and always watching to see where the water would come out next. He'd get splashed, soaked, and look up to me with an excited smile.

It was a nice day, but by no means was it particularly warm. But he didn't cry because he was cold, he cried because we had to go. I think we'll make regular visits to the fountains this summer. And I'll always bring an extra outfit for my busy boy.

After another nap, we went to visit Grandma. One of my old neighbors found out that William likes Baby Signing Time, and let us borrow her stash of the Signing Time videos. There are some I think will be fun to try, like a Playtime, and one about the Zoo.

Our day ended with A new favorite tradition. Cafe Rio Night. We've got it down. There are between six and eight couples/families in our neighborhood that participate. The first Monday of every month everyone orders and pays online and then texts the designated person for the month. That person then goes and picks them all up and meets everyone in the Social Room so we can all eat and hang out. It's wonderful. We are lucky to have such good friends here. William loves seeing his buddies Josiah and Anya, and everyone else that plays with him. He's a lucky boy! It is a fun new tradition. Who can resist delivered Cafe Rio? Genius. We even topped it off with Rootbeer Floats.

So there was our Monday. We got back and William was so worn out he went right to bed. He's so good. We definitely love living downtown. I love being able to spend the day watching my cute little guy explore!