A Few Firsts

Parker has had some fun firsts in the last week. First, he went swimming at the YMCA last weekend. They have a wonderful pool with a water mushroom, sprinklers, and a water slide. I was a little sad they wouldn't let Parker go down the water slide :) Parker didn't mind. He loves to be in the water and to play and splash. Parker also tried oatmeal for the first time. If you check out the video at the bottom of the post you will see he didn't love his cereal. Turns out, we were just making it wrong. We are cooking real oats instead of using box cereal, so you actually have to cook it. You can only save oatmeal for a couple of days so you make 1/4 cup or less at a time for a baby. We made the first batch of oatmeal last Saturday. We followed the directions in the baby book. The oatmeal turned out very sticky and pasty. I thought it would turn creamy when I mixed it with milk, but that didn't happen. It was just like the oatmeal you and I eat, chunky in milk. PJ wasn't a big fan of chunky oatmeal. I made a new batch yesterday, using a lot more water, and he LOVES it. He ate the whole bowl and wanted more!! Unfortunately, I think he ate to much because he was up way more than usual last night (poor mommy!!). He ate all his cereal again tonight. This weekend we are going to start on sweet potatos.

Parker washing his face after his ceareal

Come on, I'm still hungry!!

Today was our first day of triple digits. I think I made it until Memorial Day last year before I turned the air on. This year we have already had our air on for a week!

Hit Play to see the video!!