This is why we come to Maine

I'm beginning to understand why John is so committed to blogging. The comments are great! It's so gratifying to know that people are reading.

Today's shout-out goes to Joannie, who is responsible for most of the ideas you see below.

Idea number one: play in a baby pool.

We didn't have a baby pool, but we did have a dish pan, so we tried that. Magic! She loved it.

playing in the dishpan

happy to see Mimi

"who's this?"

"I'm getting wet"

Idea number two: straw cup

We didn't have a straw cup, either, but we found one in New Jersey! Again, thanks, Joannie! Having watched Popo try to teach Margaret to drink from a straw months ago, I tried again today and voila!

straw cup? check.

The last idea I take credit for myself. I figured, we already had the water in the dish pan, and Margaret is not a big fan of the bath tub at the moment, so why not bathe in the dishpan on the porch? She still refused to sit down, but she got clean with relatively little fuss.

bath on the porch

drying off in the late-afternoon sun

The last little tid-bit is a further sign of Margaret's increased strength and mobility. She was pulling and pushing herself on several things today, including the box below:

pushing up to stand