Kidulting with a Kid

The new school term has started up after two holiday weekends in a row. Mike and I have both been busy working and trying to keep up with Penelope. She wants to climb on everything, get into everything, and have loud emotions about everything. Her new favorite word is "Up!" as a command. Thankfully, she has also been sleeping better too, so I suppose that provides some balance. Weekly swim lessons have started up again, and it's nice to see the familiar faces again (the kids for PJ and the moms for me).

This weekend, we will all be going to a local hat beach frisbee tournament about an hour north. Penelope is much more active now than she was at the last tournament we brought her to, several months ago. Hopefully, she will have fun playing in the lagoon and in the sand, while Mike and I take turns playing points. And, hopefully having a toddler in a group house full of kidults for the weekend will go alright. We wouldn't take her if we were worried about it. This won't be her first rodeo, and it won't be her last.  

Mike has been working on the other half of Penelope's busy box, which is proving to be an endeavor that grows larger and larger with each new idea. It is an impressive undertaking that continues to take months. With luck, it will be done before she has already outgrown it.