Saturday, August 15, 2009

Holland Beach

On Thursday we took a trip out to Holland State Park. We hadn't been to the beach yet this summer! And we wanted Rebecca to get there at least once. Mary and Rebecca went after Rebecca's afternoon nap. We played in the sand for a bit. Then Justin met us there after work for more fun in the sand and water. The water was a bit chilly for Rebecca's taste. But she had a blast playing in the sand. After getting good and dirty we cleaned up and had a picnic dinner by the water. Then we played on the swings and took a walk. It was a great afternoon/evening. The weather was perfect, and it was nice to have some quality family time. There are some pictures in the August photo album. Mary and Rebecca also went to a local pool on Wed. with some friends. Rebecca had a lot of fun in the kiddie pool. She could stand up in there. Apparently she likes pools, but not lakes :PWe have our little pool set up again and are hoping to get some good use out of it while the weather is still nice.
In other news, Rebecca can now count to 10! And she is starting to actually count objects. She is also putting more words together...sometimes 3 or 4 together. She can't get enough of her books right now. She has a first words book that she wants to read all the time and learn every single word. She has almost gotten all of them. We just got 2 new, large word books yesterday (ordered them at the beginning of the summer). So we have all kinds of stuff to learn now. And she is starting to sing. Her favorites are "Go Wok By Baby" (Rock-A-By Baby) and "Jees" (Jesus Loves Me). Rebecca tried play dough this week. She isn't too interested in making anything with it yet. She mostly likes to take it out of the container and put it back in.
We're in the process of figuring out if Rebecca is ready to go down to 1 nap a day. She's been fighting sleep all week. So maybe she doesn't need quite as much. Either that or she's teething again. She's been chewing and slobbering like crazy! Maybe we can get a good look in her mouth soon. 2 year molars already??

1 comment:

Julie Hurley said...

Glad you guys had fun at the pool. Rebecca's a smart girl - I like pools WAY better than lakes, too!! :)