Peek-a-Boo!

Peek-a-boo has been a favored game in our household for some time now. It has taken on new dimensions since Harper has found her feet. This weekend Auntie Shannon (my sister) was in town and Harper had a rousing game of pee-a-boo with her from behind our dining room curtains.































We were so excited to have a fun weekend with Shannon. It is sometimes difficult to live so far away from our Wisconsin family, we always have fun when they come to visit. Next week Grandma will be here for a visit. Not only do we have fun with visitors, it is great motivation for me to get the house cleaned and I usually get a few extra things finished while they're here. The Christmas decorations are all taken down now! Yipee! Thanks Shannon!
















Peek-a-boo isn't the only game we play around here. Just this afternoon Harper invented a new game. She wandered into our bedroom, where there were several laundry baskets. Harper put a sweater into one of the baskets, then (supervised and properly spotted) she climbed into the basket. Then she sat down in it and held the sides, so I pushed it around the floor and made race car noises (anything for a laugh). Harper really seemed to enjoy this and it began a series of events that we repeated over and over for the next half hour or so. It went like this:

Harper puts the sweater in the basket.
Harper climbs in the basket.
Harper sits down and makes vroom sounds until I push her around.
I stop pushing and vrooming.
Harper throws the sweater out of the basket.
Harper climbs out of the basket (this is a little trickier than climbing in) with help from me.
And Harper puts the sweater back in the basket and we continue from there. . .

If it hadn't been time for a nap, we'd probably still be playing in the basket. I do not pretend to understand what happens here, I just tell you about it!

I need to take a moment and say thanks to all of you who have left comments in the last couple of weeks. Seeing the comments on the end of a post is kind of like going to the mailbox and getting something that's not junk mail or a bill. So just know you bring that kind of excitement when you comment. It's fun to know who is reading and get little messages about how you're all doing. Keep the comments coming!