Little Puff experiment

This week Shelly decided to let Anderson try Little Puffs baby food since he's beginning to self-feed. I guess I'm the last guy to know about Puffs since I just heard of them a few days ago but apparently they dissolve quickly in the baby's mouth and help teach them independence by letting them feed themselves.As you can see, he wasn't quite sure what to think with that first bite. His bent eyebrows show a look of extreme concern and relative uncertainty.

In this picture, he shows how he would look if he had buck teeth.But as he got the hang of it, he really enjoyed them.His favorite time of day continues to be bath time!Yesterday was Anderson's first day in day care. Shelly and I toured the facility the day before and decided to let him try it out yesterday. We've learned over the past couple of weekends visiting family how good it is for him to interact with other people. And putting him in day care on occasion will allow Shelly time during the day to do other things.

So we went to drop him off and here he is enjoying a new play area as we were leaving.I went by and checked on him at lunch. He had been a little upset since this was really the first time he's been away from Shelly for more than a couple of hours. So he hadn't eaten or slept much that morning. I held him for about 20 minutes during lunch and he just rested in my arms and I think he was happy to see a familiar face.

He ate a little better in the afternoon and slept a little more but he was certainly exhausted last night. Overall, it went well and I think we'll start taking him there a couple of days a week. Maybe we'll try half days until he gets used to it. When I picked him up a little 1-year old boy named Larry came up and patted Anderson on the face and legs to say goodbye. So it looks like he already has a little friend there.

Shelly took advantage of her free day to get a massage and also plant our garden. Here's a before and after of the garden she planted.The garden has tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, spinach, hot peppers (two different kinds), pumpkins, and we'll plant some onion bulbs soon. She also planted flowers in the back and also the front of the house. Looks great!

This evening we'll set up our new patio furniture out back. Then I head to Virginia Sunday for a few days.

Mike
Fort Riley, KS