New Experiences

Brian's parents were down visiting this weekend. During their visit, Brennan got to try something that he had been eyeing for a long time... the carousel at the mall! We went there on Friday to grab some lunch and to see if Brennan would be interested in the kid's play area. While eating, Brennan was so distracted by the carousel. When we finished up and I took him out of the highchair, he went straight for the carousel. Gary and Caryl took him on. He seemed to enjoy it, so we will definitely do that again sometime soon.

After the carousel, we went over to the kid's play area at the mall, which is an airport theme. It has an airplane for kids to climb on (and slide down), luggage to climb on and even a control tower. Brennan was a little hesitant at first, but after seeing what the older kids were doing, he joined right in. In the picture below, he is starting to climb up the wing of the plane.

We went to the park for a picnic lunch on Saturday and Brennan played on the playground, with assistance, and on the swings. That afternoon, we spent some more time outside playing in the playhouse and zooming around the yard in the push car. On Sunday, before the Pecorinos headed out, we stopped at Tysons to do some shopping for my birthday gift and Gary took Brennan on the little train at the mall. Another new experience for the little man. I don't have any photos to share from that, but what fun this weekend was for Brennan!

All of this activity tired the little guy out, so he chilled out and watched a little Baby Einstein. I noticed while brushing his teeth this weekend that three of his canine teeth are coming in. The final new thing for this weekend is saying quack (or more like "ka") when he sees the picture of the duck in the 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear' book.