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July 26, 2006

Little Frog

Last weekend we played host to D's adorable one-and-a-half year old nephew, Xander. While his Mom and Dad went out for a night on the town, Xander careened up and down our hallway, collected styrofoam and cardboard packaging, and practiced playing the guitar and piano with "Uncle D".

We also took a trip to the (rather wet) playground. I didn't know that we had such a nice playground -- it's kinda swanky, with the musical instruments, four different slides, and a sandbox. As a non-child-wielding adult I hadn't been privy to this information. The only downside was that because it had just rained, the slides were all soaked, so we had to convince a heartbroken Xander that the slides could not be slid down. The message didn't quite get through, and Xander protested loudly, but we managed to distract him with the large metal harp in the shape of a woman, which he was oddly drawn to (he kept hugging it). The workings of a toddler's mind are a mystery, but I'll surmise that it had something to do with wondering where Mom was. Here's a photo (more on Flickr).

As he got used to our very long apartment, Xander got brave and started climbing up the furniture. For a while, he designated a spot between the plants and the wall on our dining room table as his own. He also rather liked the Space Invaders coffee table, with all the pointless buttons and the joystick. Derek will make him an 80s video game connoisseur yet.

Posted by csageday at July 26, 2006 12:45 AM

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Posted by: D at July 26, 2006 10:09 PM