Holiday Rule #3: Get Away

Is Easter technically a holiday?
I've just consulted the dictionary and according to the fourth definition option, Easter is a holiday.

4. a religious feast day; holy day, especially any of several usually commemorative holy days observed in Judaism.

Check, check and not so much. 2 out of 3 ain't bad I suppose.

Well, for this particular holiday we escaped to Hanna and spent the weekend. Jo did an egg hunt on Saturday. It was cold outside and Jo doesn't move around much so her egg hunt was indoors. Around the couches in the living room. With lots of help.

Human and Canine help.

House Rules: Buy Yourself One!

Jo's Auntie bought a new house.
I thought it was a perfect time for a photo shoot.

Cat Rules: Make Your Own Rules

What?
(He seemed to say)
This isn't a seat for cats?
(incredulous)
I'll just pretend I didn't hear you
(and he carried on that way - even after we added the baby to the stroller. He's a determined cat, I'll give him that)

Baby Rules: Drink the Water

I left Jo playing with her toys at the table you see in the foreground and came back to find her engaged in this diabolical thievery!
So naturally I took a picture.

Glad it's only water in the bottle - nothing stronger. 

Soda or anything. Of course. 

Baby Rule: Whatever Works

Since Jo has started to enjoy standing upright while holding onto something while also pulling things off shelves, I thought we might try a variation on a theme and see what she thought of the kitchen drawer. Since these are old school hand build drawers they don't go anywhere without some real force. Perfect for an investigative baby type. This was in an effort to keep her happy long enough for me to achieve something. I think I was trying to do the dishes? Of course the method fails if you spend so much time taking pictures of her that you don't complete the task.

We started out with "Why are you taking pictures of me?"

And proceeded on to reckless abandon! 

Park Rules: Take Your Baby

We took Jo to the park for the first time last week.
I thought she would really dig the slide. I suppose I should have known better. The swings were a much bigger hit. Not surprising as she had such a deluxe swing early in her life:

You see an Aunt, Baby sees a swing

Step one:

Get your shoes on. Make sure they are rocking. 

All stars preferred. 

Step Two:
Corral your audience.
Canines preferred.

Step Three:
Practice your modelling pose.
Blue Steel preferred.

Step Four:
Start to enjoy yourself
Belly laughs preferred.

Step Five:
Try the slides
Indifference Preferred

Step Six:
Check out the sand
Oral testing preferred

Step Seven:
Announce that it is time to leave
Any method preferred

Poor Jo.

Clothing Rules: Use What You've Got

Don't you have a pair of massive fuzzy socks that you put on your baby to act as leg warmers?
No?

Huh.
That's strange.