Big Girl Walk

Lately Madeleine has wanted to do everything "all by herself." (Except go to the potty, but that's another story.) She's also been staying up later at night since it's so light in her room when we try to put her to bed. So the other night, I had the brilliant idea of taking a walk, and letting her walk by herself. (Gotta wear this girl out!) We laid down the rules at the beginning of the walk, since she had never been allowed in the street before. We told her that she had to stay right next to us, and if she saw a car or heard a car she had to hold our hands. She did fabulous following the rules. We live on a very quiet street in the middle of a quiet neighborhood, so we probably saw 2 cars the whole time. No one even comes down our street unless they live on it. We walked all the way around the block, which is a long way for those short little legs! She had a great time and talked about it the whole next day. She stopped and looked at flowers, and different things we found on the street (like a rope?) She saw the dogs and birds and people's houses. I hope we make this a summer tradition!

Here's John Paul in his Moby Wrap.

Madeleine walking "all by self."
And the tired boy after bath and in his jammies when we got home.

These pictures are from my phone, so not the best quality but I loved them! How cute are those lips?? And I am thinking I might get a chubby baby this time!