My Little Beach Girl

Baby Bug and I walk down to the beach nearly every day. Most days we just stand there at the water’s edge and sigh. We watch the waves crash for a few minutes and then we head back up the hill to home because it’s almost her bedtime. But lately when we stand on the beach, she has been waving her arms up and down excitedly. She jumps up and down inside the carrier by pushing off me with her legs. Since I’m a sucker for a happy baby, I’ve been taking her out of the carrier and letting her “walk” on the wet sand.

She loves it! She just plain loves “walking” in general. She can’t really walk, she doesn’t have her balance yet. But she loves it when I hold her hands and she can use her legs to take steps. She take high steps like a soldier. It’s very funny to watch, just ask Whoorl. She walked a bunch when we were over there visiting Anders the other day.

When we’re at the beach “walking,” Baby Bug leans forward in eagerness and sometimes backwards because her legs are going faster than I can keep up. She loves the waves. She has no fear. She just wants to run out into them. Today I let her go all the way to the frothy small waves lapping on the shore. She squealed in delight. She is so joyful right now, it’s contageous. I love this stage.

I love it that she loves the beach. She really is my dream baby come true.

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Since I promised, here is my attempt to write a pantuom for my Grandma. I usually like writing poetry but for some reason I’m not getting the trick of this form. I think I must be misunderstanding the rules. By the last quatrain I’m forgetting where I am. But I also read that you shouldn’t try too hard to make it work, so this is me trying hard not to try too hard.

Oh How I Love the Buggaboo

It’s just the thinger-roo
for wheeling around the house with ease
when you’ve got things to do.
Don’t mind the corners and too small doors
this stroller goes with you on all your chores!
Take a shower, visit the loo
don’t worry about the baby, she’s with you!
From spongy shocks to knobby wheels.
it hugs the curves like a race car deals.
It has a handle that switches from side to side.
No doubt about it, it’s is a stylish ride!
And when you want to take it apart,
you just click on the white circle and it comes in two parts!
The top is now a bassinet
that you can take to a dinnerette!
We go to the kitchen and the bedroom too
we even go outside for a patio view
I’m telling you this because it’s true,
there’s nothing the buggaboo can’t do!
The only thing that really sucks
Is that it costs 800 bucks.

Ode to my New Red Walking Shoes

I love these shoes, they are so great.
They’re really something to relate.
I love them, I love them, I really do.
They’re nifty and grippy and trippy too!
I’ve walked in them since the day I got ‘em.
From ruby red top to big rubber bottom
My feet are happy and blister free.
I don’t have to wear socks, cause they’re not smelly!
They make me happy, they make me smile.
They’re going to Paris to walk the miles.
I’m not worried one bit about them clashing
‘Cause they have their own style, it’s really smashing.
I got them at zappos and you should too.
They come in all colors, even blue!
Every body should have happy feet
And walk to their own hippy beat.
It’s okay to look like Minnie!
With all this walking, we’re gonna be skinny!