Putting the chickens to roost

Alice has progressed from barely noticing the chickens a few months ago to now constantly wanting to help take an active role in caring for them. The chickens somewhat tolerate her, in turn, and occasionally leave an egg for her to find. This video is very long...

Eating the sheet music

As I say, I'm not sure that's how the composer intended his work to be used.

Missing teeth

While visiting with the cousins, we discovered that Alice might have August's missing teeth. Left unanswered is just how August lost those teeth.

No ride for you!

Grandma Ann made the Dolly as a wonderful present for Alice, but so far Alice seems to think that Dolly is just another competitor for toys. :(

It gets her where she's going

We keep thinking that Alice will eventually learn to crawl in a more traditional fashion, but she seems content (and relatively efficient) with her unconventional 3-legged gimp technique. Should we be worrying about long-term hip problems?!

First meal

We introduced Alice to (semi-)solid food for the first time Sunday. As naive new parents, we were a little dismayed by the messy results. As Sarah said, "Alice is certainly interested in food ... she just doesn't seem interested in eating it."

Musical prodigy

Little Twinkle-Fingers Alice shares her soulful stylings at the piano with Auntie GinGin.

Training Kirke in object recognition

Daddy can be a slow learner sometimes, but if Baby Alice is persistent, she can usually get him to understand what it is that she wants.