How do I get out of here?

We have had the playpen downstairs and William has for a few weeks now enjoyed playing in there for very brief time periods, long enough for me to make sandwiches or use the bathroom without worrying about what he is eating from the floor. But recently William has been eager to start walking and prefers to spend his play time cruising around and climbing up furniture. Last week he was trying to get out of the playpen by smushing himself up against the mesh and forcefully trying to push his way out. I think he has figured it out. Now he is trying to climb out ;)

Why do people live in NY???

We had a day off from school and beautiful weather, which is the perfect recipe for a morning on the beach! It was William's first trip and he wasn't feeling it. He actually started crying about the waves. The big kids loved it! We found a small tide pool and they built a tower from rocks and made "cement" to glue them together. It was really fun.

William's Forbidden Fruit

Everyday I lay William's blanket out and scatter toys all around him. Toys that light up, toys that sing songs, chew toys, rolly toys- you name it- we have it. And yet he crawls away from these toys as fast as he can and heads straight for the DOGS toys. And then just as he grabs it and gets it ready to eat he pauses and looks for me almost like just a last minute check to see if perhaps he will get away with eating it today. Now you might wonder why don't I just put all of the dog toys away while William is playing on the floor? I do, of course. But our sweet Hettie insists on having her belongings strewn about the living room, so as fast I put them away she drags them one by one back out onto the floor. And she has gotten pretty sneaky about it now because she knows I don't want them over there. The only thing I can do now is lock the toys away in her kennel while the baby is crawling, and even then William just crawls over to the kennel and stares in at the toys :(