Fathers Day

Thursday we did our usual Storytime with Miss Jane. It was a bit overrun by a church nursery group with a couple of real wild children that Alex was amused by. Hopefully she didn't pick up to many ideas. Swim class on Friday didn't go so well. More people showed up than I thought would, though the one Mom who last week said she couldn't take it anymore did send her husband instead. Alex had fun in the kiddie pool, but wasn't thrilled when we moved to the big pool. I don't know if she was a bit traumatized from jumping off the side of the pool last time or what, but she pretty much clung to my neck most of class. It may just be that she's been a bit cranky in general. I cant believe I'm saying this but I think she might be teething again. The second set of molars usually comes in around 20-24 months so I thought we'd have a little break, but she's showing signs of teething again. At least after this she'll have a few years before anymore teeth.
Saturday we did our usual IHOP breakfast and then hung out the rest of the day while Dad went and played lacrosse. Fathers Day we went back out to Faust Park and played on the playground. Alex gave her Da a gift and also got her own set of lacrosse sticks which she and Da broke in at the park. She's got the basic concept pretty well.
Tuesday we went to Storytime at Borders. She just loves all the singing and dancing with Miss Daryl. She especially likes the "shake your silly self" song. We met up with 3 moms from the yahoo west county Moms group there. They all had boys under a year old so Alex had her pick of younger men. After Da got home from work we went to the Magic House-they have free admission on Tuesday nights. She really had a lot of fun exploring and playing in all the different sections. It's a pretty cool place.
We tried to go the "cry baby" free summer movie on Wednesday-it was "Because of Winn-Dixie. I thought she might like it since it was about a dog, but after waiting for 15 minutes for the movie to start we got about 5 minutes into the movie and she was ready to go before the dog even showed up on the screen. Oh well. . Maybe we'll try again in a few weeks when they're showing "Madagascar". Today was the first day in the Level 4 Gymboree class. She seemed to really enjoy it. Its not much different from the other class, maybe its just a better time for her, but she just really seemed to like it more. There was one girl in the class, Maddie, who's 18 months and about 5 boys. We have the same instructor, Ali, which is good cause Alex really likes her. It seems to be a bit better fit for me as well, the Moms seem a little more laidback and nicer in this group.
Bed time was still rough tonight. She's just putting up such a fight. I'm thinking about moving her to the toddler bed soon-1. I'm afraid she might crawl up and out of the crib pretty soon 2. Thinking maybe the change of sleeping arrangement will be novel enough to make her want to go to bed. Alex ended up cosleeping last night. She was absolutly miserable in her crib and it took her awhile to settle down even after we brought her downstairs. After the motrin kicked in she settled down and cuddled up and went to sleep. She's definetly showing all the signs of teething. We went to a very abridged storytime today and she wasn't really in to it so we came back home and she nursed and went down for a nap. I think thats going to be what we're doing most of the day. It'll probably be a very tough week but we'll get through it.