"How many colours are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'green'?
How many rainbows can light create for the untutored eye?"
-Stan Brakhage
With most of these posts I try to make a semblance of a story out of the weekly pictures. This week however will be different, as most of the pictures we took were random events of the kids being photogenic. So without any further ado, here you go.
This is a series of photographs showing their favorite toys of the week.
Clockwise from top left: Ashlyn and her new umbrella, James and his noise making table top, Ashlyn and her cups of beans, James sitting in a hamper while Mom was doing laundry.
I’m not sure what is going to get child protection services called on us first, the act of putting our baby into a laundry hamper, or the socks Mom put on him. My money is on the socks.
Ashlyn has always been interested in helping out with James, but we were a little surprised when she wanted to fix his hair before gymnastics. I suspect this will work better when he has hair. For now she should work on Baby Ben’s. That little dude was rocking a sweet ‘doo.
I suppose I have one series of pictures that has something behind it. The family came over on Saturday night for my birthday dinner, only five weeks late thanks to sick kids. Ashlyn prepped the chairs for a train ride before dinner, but we had to take the train apart so we could eat. That didn’t stop the kids from getting together and having fun. James in particular seemed to enjoy seeing his cousin Ben.
And this is just James being awesome.
And finally, James has started the journey to mobility. He’s still a little awkward, but he’s learned that he is capable of moving forward towards something that he wants to play with. It’s time to button up the baby proofing that we never needed with Ashlyn. We’re going to need it with James.
