Play baby play

Now that Caleb is crawling and pulling himself up on furniture and toys, life is seen from a new perspective for him. Toys all seem new and exciting and EVERYTHING must be touched and played with. And Caleb is just like the other babies I know in that things that aren't meant to be played with intrigue him more than safe toys. Things like paper shredders, mommy's expensive sunglasses, the dirty diaper pail, and our wine cooler. We have slowly begun to babyproof.
The relief when we drop him off a daycare every day is that those facilities are guaranteed babyproofed. Caleb is surrounded by a full day of padded, cushiony, colorful fun. For 8 hours a day, he gets to play with toys we don't have at home. He gets to play with other babies that we don't have at home either.

I like to visit him at lunch and watch him play.

I am always happy to get down on the babies' level and play with all of them.

Caleb's girlfriend Ellie doesn't always like to share the spotlight, as we can see above.

It makes Josiah a little hesitant to go after the toy car, especially after seeing how Caleb was just treated by the beautiful little Ellie.

Josiah opted for the rainbow tunnel instead.

Caleb then followed.

It is really sweet to see all the babies playing together, sharing (or not) their toys, and mimicking one another. Every day there is something new for me as a parent to experience as well.