Puzzle Pro

Matilda is starting to get pretty good at her puzzles.  Here are some pictures and a video of puzzle time.  The video is a couple minutes long and not super exciting, but you can see the wheels in her head turning as she figures out where they go.  At 16 months, she's really figuring out her colors and shapes.  She even throws in a high five at the end!

Random Cuteness

Here's a few random pictures of Tilly.  Check the post page for more photos.

California State Fair

This was Matilda's second time at the California state fair.  She started out by helping mommy at the Bohart entomology exhibit.  Then we walked through all the exhibits and spent alot of time looking at animals.  Matilda also spent a really long time at the petting zoo with the goats and pigs!  See the full post for more pictures.

Movie in the Park

We live really close to a big park in our neighborhood, and they are doing "movies in the park" during the summer.  We decided it would be fun to head out and watch a movie with Tilly.  We loaded up the wagon with blankets and pillows and even brought some popcorn.  They even had a Jamba Juice stand!  The only problem was that they advertised it starting at 7:30, but it didn't get dark enough to see the movie until after 9pm.  We stayed for the first little bit of Cars and then went home for bed time.  Check out more photos of the movie in the park!

Sickies

Today Matilda had her first real sick bug.  She's had some runny noses and normal little colds, but this was a steady high fever with vomiting of anything she tried to eat or drink.  As such she didn't get to eat or drink much all day.  Once she started keeping the water down she moved on to crackers.   Despite being miserable, she did enjoy watching a Yo Gabba marathon.  It took a few days for her to get back to her normal self.  "Read on" for more photos of Tilly during her first real sick day.

Rocking Dog

Awhile back, our awesome neighbors (Chris and Sarah) gave Matilda a rocking dog to use.  It's basically a rocking horse, but in the form of a fluffy dog.   As soon as she could climb up she started riding and yelling "puppy dog, puppy dog!"  Now that she's more coordinated, she's started standing on his back.  Check out this recent video of daredevil Tilly enjoying the rocking dog!

Fourth of July!

This year we entered the Davis Fourth of July Bike Parade.  Matilda helped set up her patriotic wagon and waved flags to everyone watching.  It's a really short parade, lasting 3 blocks and ending up at the downtown city park.  We got there too late to enter the best decorations contest, but Tilly had a great time.  Afterward, we met up with Vivienne and Olivia and Tilly shared her wagon.  It was a very happy independence day!  "Read more" for the rest of the photos.

Bathtime

Matilda loves to take baths and showers.  And of course, she usually doesn't want to get out.  One thing that helps is her hooded Sharky and Kitty towels.  I think she looks forward to wrapping up and running around the house wearing only the hoods.  "Read more" for a video and some photos of bath time.