Crayon Crawl

We had a crafty day today. It was in the 60s outside, but after all those warm days it felt really cold. So we stayed in, going back and forth between being lazy and hanging out on the couch, and doing little crafts. Paige and Cason DID step outside long enough to pick which rocks they wanted to turn into ladybugs.
Paige and I did a little rainy day picture.
When it was done she drew the little girl walking a "cat wearing a raincoat". :)

Then they got out coloring books, which we colored on the floor so we could keep Neely company. Neely was crawling over to our crayons and stealing them all. At one point she was lying on the crayon pile so we could hardly get any of them.
I LOVE watching babies use their hands. It's so cute how much focus it takes for them to control their own chubby little fingers.
I'm thinking (hoping) that Neely might be a little more like Paige in one way. She played with crayons and scrap pieces of felt I let her hold, for a long time and never once tried to put any of them in her mouth. Just twirled them around, and stared intently at them. I never had to worry Paige was going to try and eat something weird and choke. Hopefully it'll be the same way with Neely. Seems like it so far.
She doesn't sit up all the way yet without using her hands. She prefers to lean forward.
She also prefers to hold the spoon herself when she's eating baby food. And by "prefers" I mean loses her cool if you don't let her.