Blocks Blocks Blocks

I know it may seem like a simple thing, and that's the beauty of it. Blocks, they are simple delightful toys that allow children to do a variety of things depending on their age, ability and type of block. When I taught kindergarten my students adored old school wooden blocks and would get creative for hours, adding in little animals, telling stories, using all one color, using a variety of colors and expanding onto to their neighbors buildings and so on and so on. 


When Grandma Gail was visiting from Florida she of course wanted to buy some toys for her darling grandson. So I said he needs (not wants) but needs blocks. Off to the toy store for some sort of er chewable blocks. 


At first Sasha wasn't so impressed with the block, but like with other things, I keep trying every day in short increments with new things until he starts to show interest (or not). Sure enough on the day that I started building block towers and showed Sasha how to knock them down he was sold. Visions of tiny toys around our apartment abound. 


There's something sweet about these simple blocks with no lights or sounds or gadgets. Other than Sasha's wild Jumperoo he tends to gravitate towards small items that he can manipulate as his fine motor skills continue to develop. I love watching his tiny fingers and hands grab and pull anything he can reach. 


Here's some photos taken over the course of a week or so.

Why do you keep scattering these around me?

Well, they do taste yummy.

Hmm, this is kinda cool..

Ah boom...now that's fun...

Where did the blocks go???

Sitting up and stuff

Sitting up is fun!

Happy Happy Autumn!!! 

I'm not sure when exactly it happened but Sasha is now sitting up unassisted for long periods of time. He was doing short stints a few weeks ago, but then falling fairly promptly after being propped up. Then one day I noticed he just started to sit for 5, 10, 15 and nearly 20 minutes at times. It's super cute and has opened up a new world for him and playtime. 


Oftentimes when I go to plop Sasha down he tends to make his legs as erect as possible taking in the view from up high. Perhaps he will walk before crawling since standing seems a whole lot more fun? I guess its his baby prerogative as to how he gets around. Sasha continues to talk up a storm, and at times he yells so loud I think he's going to hurt himself. Fortunately it hasn't happened yet.


Since we got our high chair it's a who new ball game around our household. Sasha proudly sits in the kitchen watching us make our coffee, breakfast, clean up, rattle pans, run water, etc. He loves all the action and most importantly loves to be close to the food, not to mention throwing everything on the floor for mommy to keep picking up. 


Also, with the leaves finally getting more colorful I decided to put my sitter upper in the leaves for a few photos as you can see from the above photos. I learned very quickly that Sasha loves to not only sit in the leaves, but eat the leaves. He loved frolicking around in them and it made me think how fun snow is going to be. 


Here's a few photos of the big boy in various sitting positions. 

   

He was having so much fun I hated to take him away from his snack of dried leaves.

Full on sitting with toy.

The awesome high chair before breakfast.

And after breakfast...plain yogurt..yum.