Riley in June

You'll have to excuse the dirty window (it's dirty from the outside). The dog likes to jump on it with wet feet. But I wanted to get some pictures of Riley watching the kids. Does this make me mean?

What do you think he is trying to say here?

I don't know if I am ready for this. I hope that he is just interested in it because the girls use them.

Playing in the window.
JJ started doing this last year at our last house. He would get the tips of his toes on the molding around the floor and pull himself up to look out the window. I finally found a box that was the right size for him to step on so he could look out the window, and eventually play in the window. He brought this activity to our current house. Now he is taller and the window sill is lower. It didn't take long for Riley to catch on. Now he likes to peer out the window and play there (though his type of play is bang on the window).

















When JJ was learning to crawl at our last house, he would crawl into his bed room. We would wonder where he was and then hear this toy. I got several pictures of him playing with it, and now have several of Riley too. The picture on the left is JJ from last May, the picture on the right is Riley from June.














We have these "peek-a-blocks" and "roll-a-rounds" that Riley just loves. If you haven't seen them before, they are balls or squares with things inside, like pets, zoo animals, cars, different visual things. We have had a lot of these a long time, but I think Riley has liked them the most. It's funny to watch him because he goes up to the box they are in, and reaches in to select just the right two. And not just any two will do, it has to be two that make noise, the louder the better. Then he sits and shakes them.