Saturday!

Hey everyone, it's me Aunt Tricia again. We're having a heat wave here in St. Louis (like everyone else in America, I guess, but not as hot as Iraq, thank heavens). So, we've been mostly just staying inside. Alexis was dressed like a summery princess today, and we went to the mall for a while (nice and cool there!) and then to Aunt Lisa's mom's house for dinner and to hang out for a bit.

Alexis is having lots of fun now that she can climb up on chairs, couches, etc. She loves to climb on the couch and just turn around, look at whoever's around, smile, and then roll onto her belly and climb back down. Her little Barbie chair is not so easy, though. She can get in it very easily, but if she tries to climb down, she gets twisted up and stuck, so we have to watch her like a hawk and help her when she's ready to get down. She has learned to say "uh-oh" and so she likes to get in the chair with one of her babies, throw it down and say "uh-oh" and point until someone gets it for her. It's a superfun game! She's more interested in having books read to her lately, too, so we'll get even more use out of the videos we have of Mommy & Daddy reading her books to her.

Also, I found my laser pointer, and while Joe the cat never cared much for it, Alexis loves it. She follows it all over and she likes to "catch" the beam in her hand, then smack her palms together to make it disappear. If Mommy & Daddy don't have one of these, we'll have to be sure to get them one for hours of Alexis fun!

Not much else to tell...just trying to stay cool!