which one's Caesar?

you're never too young for a little culture, so mom and dad took me to Young Shakespearians at Bard on the Beach. We saw an abridged version of Julius Caesar - without a set or costumes, and with actors swapping the principal roles amongst themselves during the performance - it was all rather confusing, so i went to sleep.

Celebration of Light

it's kind of weird waking up in the middle of the night and finding yourself in your stroller down by the beach. even more curious were the flashing lights in the sky. a bit loud, but very pretty. mom and dad could have told me what they had planned though, and i'd have stayed awake all evening to experience the build up and enjoy the crowds as well.

i can crawl.....

....although so far i've only found reverse gear. the more crawling i do, the further i get from the object of my attention. it's very frustrating. being the persistent sort though, i keep going until i'm wedged under the sofa or have backed myself into the corner.

in my attempts to refine this process i've learned to lift both my tummy AND my knees off the ground. other than doing half a dozen press ups, this has served no useful purpose, although it looks quite impressive, so i'm told. if only i can work out how to get my hands off the ground too, i'll be walking. maybe i should learn how to sit up on my own first?

amazing discovery

after much research, not to mention practice, i am pleased to announce my amazing discovery: if i pick something up and then let it go (that's the bit that took the practise) it drops back down again. every time. isn't that great?

it makes me laugh - especially when dad or i drop things into the bath, or when whatever i drop bounces back up again.

bunnies and blackberries

i discovered today that blackberry picking isn't much of a spectator sport. dad did his best to amuse me by climbing a tree and pretending to be a monkey, but he didn't do anything truly spectacular like falling into the brambles or anything. after a while we boys sneaked off and left mom to it.

sitting in the park was much more exciting. dad read his book (why is it work when he reads and play when i do?) and i watched the canada geese amble past. which leads me to a question for you. does anyone know if goose poo is poisonous? purely a hypothetical question you understand.

when mom found us again we went to see the bunnies. around about 6 o'clock in the evening all the bunny rabbits come out from under the blackberry bushes and have a little forage on the grass for something tasty to eat. tonight one of them found my toes. it was so exciting i almost forgot to breathe.

being out so late did mean i missed my bath, but i think it was worth it.

BBQ with the girls

had a top time hanging out with the girls on the beach 2 weeks ago. the sun finally arrived after the least sunny june in vancouver on record :( the entire population of the lower mainland turned up on the beach just for us! 6 of us and our parents in tow. it's kind of strange that we all met when we were still in our mom's tummies. don't quite understand that.

i don't really have a favourite girl at this time. as an 8 month old i think i am entitled to as many girlfriends as i like at any given moment. this moment there are 5 .. katrina, erin, grace, jasmine, christina - sweet

hey good looking

frankly sometimes i look totally gorgeous.

rugs

i've been humouring the folks for a while now by pretending to be daft, but finally it's time to come clean. it's no good them pretending any longer that the reason they put a rug down whenever we go anywhere is because they don't want me to get my clothes dirty, or to protect my hands and knees as i try to crawl, or to protect my face when the crawling isn't as successful as it might be.

no, the REAL reason they put a rug down is to hide the food underneath. we've been playing this game for a little while now. they put me down in the centre of the rug, knowing i can't reach the edge. when they're not looking i pull on the rug just in front of me, and the edge comes a bit closer. once i've done that a few times the edge is within reach and success is just an arms length away. they thought they'd successfully hidden some really tasty gravel, grass, clover, sand.... i've not managed to get my hands on a worm yet though