Star light, Star bright . . .

how many more stars am I going to see tonight?

Actually quite a few. Claire has finally emptied out her first tube of stars and has started the second and somehow in just a few days we are already almost half of the way through. There are approximately 432 stars in a tube. The first can took close took over a month . . . I think her star habit might get expensive. Anyway, for those who don't know, stars are like cereal but the dissolve in your mouth (or a really wet bib) and come in a variety of nauseating flavors. They are little snacks to get her used to feeding herself and work on the pincher move (index and thumb). So in the last few weeks we have really been working on this. After each meal she gets several stars to eat. She usually makes about 75% to her mouth and about 15% hit the Hazel zone and the rest are either melted on her outfit or bib or in her seat. While Hazel and I sit with her we usually have a couple as well. Her first tube was sweet potato and Aunt Becky pegged it - "they taste like Vanilla Wafers." Ahh, yes, that was the taste because it wasn’t sweet potato. So this new can is strawberry/apple. Ick. I have to say I prefer the nilla wafer tastin' sweet potato ones to these. I think Claire does too but we have to finish the can - Hazel would but we don't want to give her a tummy ache. The tube in the cupboard is banana, I’ll report on those after Easter – we think the Easter Bunny might be bringing stars and whatever shapes the Parent’s Choice ones turn out to be. So exciting!

In other exciting news this week – she seems interested in wanting to crawl but just can’t quite figure it out yet. So I keep her in the pack-n-play and exersaucer as much as possible to prevent mobility from blossoming . . . Kidding! No, she has a quilt zone that she can be on in the living room. Not that she is interested in staying on it but it is there just in case, I guess. She likes to roll or reach to the edge and look under the quilt and see the other side. So many things to explore.

That is it, sorry for not having pictures. I’m a bad mom and just plain forgot to. Maybe I can get a ball rolling action shot. Oh, speaking of, I got the ball out in front of her today and was about to roll it to her and she said “Bah” very loudly and forcefully like she was saying ball. It wasn’t like her other ba ba ba ba bas but very distinct and different. She wouldn’t do it again and I know it probably wasn’t yadda yadda yadda but a mom can dream . . .