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Saturday, July 08, 2006

Our 1st picnic with the baby (Griffith Park)

Today was the perfect day for a picnic.Astrid's first picnic.

There were lots of families in the park. Behind us is a bouncy fun house with 2 slides that a bunch of kids were playing on. The family behind us was playing with a green ball...take a good look at it...because in the subsequent photos you'll see Astrid with that same ball.Astrid sitting on the blanket next to Papa, feeding herself. We couldn't help laughing because Astrid would take handfuls of food and try to stick the whole thing in her mouth, which here looks like she's trying to eat her fist.The only time you can look cute eating like this is when you're a baby. At least she enjoys feeding herself. She doesn't want to eat baby food anymore, because she wants to feed herself instead.Remember that ball that the other family was playing with? Here's Astrid, the ball snatcher. Every time they'd kick the ball to her, she would bend over, pick it up, and walk away with it. We'd give it back and she'd repeat the whole thing over again. Although it frustrated the little 4 year old girl of the other family, her family members just laughed and told her to let the baby play with it.I think she's trying to throw the ball here, but she hasn't quite figured out that she need to let go at the same time.Coming back to Mama.Swinging the baby, and she's lovin' it.Chasing after the baby as usual.A sweet photo of my golden boy and girl.

2 comments:

LeperColony said...

Astrid is an unusual name. How did you and your husband come about to choose it?

Rose said...

Astrid is a Scandinavian name and it holds a special significance for us.