We celebrated Eric's first Father's Day today. Well, we intended to do so anyway. We had great plans to take a bike ride with the Burley and have a grill out/picnic in the park, but the weather did not look like it was going to cooperate. Instead we reversed course and decided to try to teach Noah to sleep. We thought that one of the nicest Father's Day gifts Noah could give his daddy would be to sleep through the night in his own crib. Since we can't bear to listen to Noah cry in the evening when we're trying to get ready for bed, we decided to let him cry before his naps today. He cried for an hour before his noon nap today, then slept only 20 minutes. He went down for a nap again at 3 and cried for about 15 minutes, then slept for a half hour. That wasn't enough sleep though because Eric got him when he woke and they sat for only about 10 minutes before Noah was falling asleep again. This time we put him in the swing because we knew he needed to sleep well. When Noah doesn't nap well during the day, he sleeps even worse at night. The nap in the swing was more self preservation than anything. Hopefully tonight he'll sleep well in his crib.
We've decided to move our grill out to the back yard tonight because it looks like rain. We're having steak, rice, beans, mushroom sauce and mango. Yummy! I like Father's Day, its a cause for good food. We'll let you know how it all turns out...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Minnesota Zoo with Friends
Friday Noah and I went to the Minnesota Zoo with Juliet and Julia. We also met friends Katie, Josh and Ben in the Grizzly exhibit. We enjoyed the Africa exhibit, the farm and the Minnesota Trail. Noah and I fed the goats at the farm. Noah was able to pet the goats as they ate food pellets out of my hand. When the food had run out, one of the goats licked Noah, after which he wasn't so sure he liked goats anymore. We'll have to try it again when he's a bit older.
Pools
Noah has enjoyed two pool experiences in the last two weeks. We're trying to get him used to the idea of swimming because we want to take advantage of the nice warm weather and what better way to do so that to splash in the pool.
Last weekend we went out to Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove. They have a sand bottom pool there with filtered water. It's smaller than the sand bottom pool in Shokapee, but it was also less crowded. We stuffed Noah into his swimming suit fitted with floats. The swimsuit is still a little big so Noah wasn't able to sit with the suit on. We headed out into the water, carrying the baby. The sand was very hot, but the water was nice and cool. Noah enjoyed walking around in knee-deep water and watching his friends Josh and Ben play with their parents. After only about 10-15 minutes, the lifeguards called a safety break. We snacked on some fruit and waited to get back in the pool. Unfortunately, the next two times we took Noah into the water he wasn't very excited about it. As soon as his feet touched the water he began to scream. We attributed it to the fact that we had taken off his big swimsuit and he may have been a bit cold. Noah also took only an abbreviated nap and was probably too tired.
Yesterday, we got Noah a kiddie pool for our backyard. It's a small blue pool about 45 inches around. We filled it with frigid water from the hose and sat it in the sun hoping it would warm up. Unfortunately our backyard is very shady and as the sun moved, shade fell on the pool and the water stayed very cold. Eric had to run pitchers of hot water out from the kitchen sink to warm the water before we could let Noah swim. Once the water was the right temperature, we threw a bunch of Noah's bath letters and rubber duckies into the pool and Noah splashed and played for a good hour. Eric and I sat cooling ourselves with our feet in the pool. Since the pool is so small, we couldn't really fit all three of us in there. The kiddie pool was a great success. We'll have a lot of fun with it this summer.
Last weekend we went out to Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove. They have a sand bottom pool there with filtered water. It's smaller than the sand bottom pool in Shokapee, but it was also less crowded. We stuffed Noah into his swimming suit fitted with floats. The swimsuit is still a little big so Noah wasn't able to sit with the suit on. We headed out into the water, carrying the baby. The sand was very hot, but the water was nice and cool. Noah enjoyed walking around in knee-deep water and watching his friends Josh and Ben play with their parents. After only about 10-15 minutes, the lifeguards called a safety break. We snacked on some fruit and waited to get back in the pool. Unfortunately, the next two times we took Noah into the water he wasn't very excited about it. As soon as his feet touched the water he began to scream. We attributed it to the fact that we had taken off his big swimsuit and he may have been a bit cold. Noah also took only an abbreviated nap and was probably too tired.
Yesterday, we got Noah a kiddie pool for our backyard. It's a small blue pool about 45 inches around. We filled it with frigid water from the hose and sat it in the sun hoping it would warm up. Unfortunately our backyard is very shady and as the sun moved, shade fell on the pool and the water stayed very cold. Eric had to run pitchers of hot water out from the kitchen sink to warm the water before we could let Noah swim. Once the water was the right temperature, we threw a bunch of Noah's bath letters and rubber duckies into the pool and Noah splashed and played for a good hour. Eric and I sat cooling ourselves with our feet in the pool. Since the pool is so small, we couldn't really fit all three of us in there. The kiddie pool was a great success. We'll have a lot of fun with it this summer.
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