Nursery

Nico on the big wheels in the church nursery.

Bruce's Birthday Party

Today we went to Bruce's birthday party at Municipal park. Here is Nico sharing some dried apples with his cousin Rory.

Update

Nico got sick again a few nights ago! Not sure what's going on with the little buddy, he's had a long string of illnesses this past month.

Yesterday when he was longing to go outside, but still pretty weak, we went to the zoo and I trucked him around in the stroller. He was happy to stay there. We fed the goats from the stroller and went up the stairs in the stroller. The only 2 reasons he got out were for the brief walk among the penguin statues and so that he could sit in the jeep for a little bit.

Today we saw Evie and Allicia, and played with their new train table! This afternoon we went to the park.

Hat

Wearing my hat at Old Park.

Lining up Cars

Nico lining up cars this morning.

Overcast With a Hat

Nico insisted on wearing his hat today. I asked him if he wanted to go to the park and he said "Da" (Yes). Then he did the "pop-pop" thing with his lips to indicate that he wanted to go to the Fish Park. The Fish Park is right next to Municipal Park, so we went to both.

Boxin'

Nico crawled into this box with the iPad while I was washing dishes this morning.

We are still battling illness! He woke up with a barking cough this morning, but after some homeopathy and a few minutes of steam-time in the bathroom, he is already sounding better. I'm updating the blog for today at 9:30 in the morning! But I know if I don't do it now that I will forget this evening.

Street Fair

Went to the street fair briefly today. At first Guy was holding Nico and then holding my hand with his free hand. Nico saw that we were holding hands and asked to get down to hold Guy's other hand. For a kid who does not like his hand held, Nico really enjoyed it this time!

Chicken Sandwich

Eating a chicken sandwich, made with chicken pancakes as the bread (chicken and eggs mixed in a food processor, then fried into pancakes) and avocado, cheese, and mustard inside. Yum! He approved.

Reading a Book

Pancakes

Nico had Guy-esque pancakes for the first time today, and maple syrup for the first time as well! Guy-esque pancakes include pancake, peanut butter, and syrup. Nico loved it! We topped him off with some goat's milk.

Train

Went to Barnes and Noble tonight and Nico played with the toy train while I read a book about gardening. We ran into the little boy Miles that Nico played with once. Him and his mom (Liz) and dad were also there.

Recovery

Today was a lot of sitting around watching Shaun the Sheep on Netflix. Nico seems to be recovering quickly from his illness. He had a pretty restless night last night but is doing much better today. He was able to eat part of a banana this morning and then graduated to goat's milk and avocados and chicken stock and then tonight he had some dried apples and fresh peaches.

Despite the illness, he actually wanted to go for two walks today. The first one was meager, but the second one was quite long and he actually walked most of the way around the block!

Fishy fishy

Went to the Fish Park this evening. In one of the viewing windows there was a large dead fish on the bottom of the tank, with crawdads crawling all over it!

Later tonight Nico spiked a fever and got sick once :( Poor buddy

p.s. the scrape on his cheek is from a tumble in the church nursery on Sunday

Walks and more Walks

Today we hung out with Evie and Allicia.
And went for walks.

Meatball

Nico hanging with Meatball on our front porch.

Guy took Nico to the zoo today for some father/son time.

Trip to the Cabin

The boys went on a trip to the cabin this afternoon, for a Labor Day BBQ.

Helicopter

We all went downtown this evening to get some coffee beans from Dawson Taylor. While walking along, a man on a bench handed Nico a toy helicopter, saying that he found it on the bench and that he should probably have it. Nico really liked the helicopter. He held onto and showed it to everyone who seemed interested.

On the way back to the car we also stopped to play the "public piano" on 8th street. Nico enjoyed that.

Then we went to the greenbelt with the intent of letting Nico ride his Strider bike, but he was so intent on holding his helicopter that he only stayed on the bike for a few minutes.

We had gone for a Strider ride earlier in the day, though, and he has started SITTING on the bike instead of just walking with it. He prefers sitting on the bar of the bike, not on the seat. It looks pretty uncomfortable, but I'm sure he'll get the hang of it soon.

OH, and Guy fixed the car stereo by removing the pennies Nico had shoved into it!