ANTS and Laundry Fun!

Well, yesterday morning we woke up to a horrible surprise...  Ants.  All over TerraDactyl's high chair and the surrounding area.  We tried some pears the other day and TerraDactyl indicated she didn't like them by throwing them all on the ground.  I thought I cleaned them up, but apparently they splattered and I missed some juice. 

Working on Horse Stance while building with blocks

Poor DH got to spend his Saturday battling the ants.  And he did make a trip out to get some Terro ant bait.  There were SO MANY ants.  It also made it difficult to feed TerraDactyl with her high chair in quarantine.  For one meal, I sat on the floor with her on my lap while I fed her Cheerios.  But then Riley tried to steal a Cheerio right out of her hand!  It was actually really funny.  They got into a tug-o-war and TerraDactyl ended up winning!  And then promptly ate her prize before I could get it away from her.  yum.  😐

Champion!

One of the things TerraDactyl really enjoys doing is emptying out her laundry basket.  Well, emptying out anything really.  But the laundry basket is a daily occurrence.  Yesterday, TerraDactyl reached too far into her laundry basket and got herself into a bit of a pickle.  It was just too funny.  She was totally calm about it too. 


And even though I went over to help her out, TerraDactyl managed to get herself out of the pickle.  In fact, I'm sure she could have gotten herself out of the laundry basket entirely, but I was worried she might hurt herself when she tipped the basket over.  So I did end up picking her up.  It will be interesting to see if this becomes a regular addition to laundry basket play time. 

Problem Solved!

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