Recovered

I am happy to report that we are all healthy and back to business in the Wilkinson household.  Phew!  I know one thing:  I am never going to get sick again.  It stinks.

Since we are all recovered now, we had a fun and action-packed weekend.  We started by going to the opening of the Curious George exhibit at the Children's Museum.  It was the first time I got to do the "I'm with the media" thing and get in for free.  It was pretty cool.

We started by getting to see Curious George himself!  We weren't sure how Grady would react since we skipped the Santa Claus thing this year.  He was typically pretty complacent about it and even got a good nose-pat in.

The exhibit itself was for bigger kids, but we had a great time exploring the more age-appropriate parts of the museum.  

Here, Grady explores a mattress filled with water - not sure what to make of it at first, and then pretty overjoyed by the whole experience!

Grady also enjoyed exploring a water table (doesn't he look dashing in his smock?)

the large padded stairs,

the light table,

and - best of all - a little ball pit surrounded by mirrors.  He immediately tried to make out with himself.

It was a really fun time, and I'm glad we finally managed to make it out to the museum!

On Saturday, we went to see a local musician perform at our library.  Grady is so funny when he sees live music - he gets really mellow and just sort of sits and stares.  I think it would be a bit disconcerting if I were the musician!  Despite the stony exterior, I'm pretty sure he had a good time.

The weather was nice enough this weekend that we were able to spend quite a bit of time outside.  I just threw a blanket on the ground and let Grady crawl around.  Other than gagging on a piece of grass, he had a lot of fun.  Here he is showing off a branch that he found (and looking quite coy about it).

We also managed to make it out to Powell Butte for the first time - a cool park with great views of the city and the mountains beyond.  Grady had a fabulous time!

To finish off a busy weekend, yesterday Matt and I had some new friends over for snacks and drinks.  They are the parents of a 4-month old.  It's amazing to remember how little Grady used to be and how much more he can do now!  Besa of course was in rare form.  She especially enjoyed climbing in one of Grady's boxes and playing with Grady's toys.

Grady continues to be a lot of fun, and he gets more and more of a personality every day.  He has been a total ham lately, doing lots of laughing - sometimes fake laughing.  His new thing is to clap whenever Daddy walks in the room.  Which is fine, as long as Matt doesn't expect me to follow suit.  Grady has also inconsistently been doing some waving.

So that's it for our action-packed weekend!  We are definitely glad to be well again!