Bouncing

Erick has been wanting to let her do this for a while. They have a station at the mall, and Piper has asked a few times to go as well. Grandma was nervous about her jumping, and was afraid she would get hurt. However, you can hear her in the background laughing hysterically the whole time. Piper had a ball, and thought it was so much fun. I couldn't believe how high she was jumping at times.

Climbing to the Top

We made another trip to Monkey Joe's yesterday. It was fun for me to see how much she has grown since the last time I went with her. Since she can properly jump now, she had more fun bouncing on the inflatables. She also can climb up the slides by herself and we don't have to carry her up. As usual, she loved playing and was sad to go home. You could tell she was tired though. Just look at the above picture where she was practically asleep on one of the rides.

Here she is climbing up the ladder all by herself and going down the slide.

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Gross Motor Skills

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I relaized I didn't have a video of her doing some of her physical skills. I take pictures and video all the time, but a lot of it doesn't even end up on here. So today I wanted to capture her jumping mostly, and then added in some throwing and marching. I can't find the kicking video I have, so I'll have to get that later.

Bedroom

I was able to get a new shelf for Piper's bedroom the other day for absolutely free. One of the furniture places was going out of business and there were several items on the lawn that they were just giving away with a purchase. Mostly it was just junk, but I managed to snag the top component to a hutch that I made into a shelf for her room. I bought a floor rug for under $10 in order to get it. The hutch was pretty big and cumbersome, and was a little difficult to get into the car and back to the apartment. It fits perfectly on her one wall and I moved her other storage unit and table set around to make room. Every available space is now taken up, but there is still a lot of floor area to play.

I guess nothing really matches now, at least not like it did when she was a baby. It's not a big deal since I'm not particularly attached because we live in an apartment still. Maybe once we buy a house it will be different. The "theme" when she was a baby was Eric Carle, and now it still has some components of the red and white colors and decor, but there is also Little Pet Shop bedding and more pink and purple than red. And oh yes, there's still this giant ball pit that takes up half the room. :0 She does play in it, but I wish we had a dedicated playroom for it.

We tried to convert the crib into a daybed last weekend, but it didn't work. She kept falling and crawling out of the bed and sleeping on the floor despite the cushions I strategically placed next to her. So for now, I put the side back on the crib. She did love the bed open though, and had great fun jumping on the mattress. She is getting both feet off the ground at the same time now, at least when jumping on the bed or the couch. I haven't been able to get her to jump for me off the ground yet.

My next project is the closets. Cheryl, if you are reading this, we really need to have a garage sale. :)

Bounce U

We tried this new place out last night. We were the only people there since it was during the week. They had a birthday party coming later on, but we were able to enjoy it all alone, which was nice since Piper is still so small in comparison to your average kid at this place. Erick even talked them into letting her in for half price since she is still young, and we didn't have to pay anything to play. Yay! She had fun bouncing, crawling through the tunnels, and sliding down the many slides.

Couch Jumping

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Another example of my daredevil child. I really thought I'd have a little longer before this started. Thanks Daddy!