Virginia Lately

It's hard to learn to use a spoon. Perhaps not as hard as eating yogurt with your fingers. But Scout tries both regularly, just to be sure.

Looking at herself in the mirror remains one of her favorite pastimes. She does not always have pants on her head for these sessions of self-adoration.

She loves bathing and reading. Now, thanks to the duckie tub, she gets a little of both.

She spends a good deal of her time hanging out with this adorable boy...

...and his adorable brother. They both walk, and with a good dosage of peer pressure, Scout will try it too.

She loves to push things around, her stroller here.

Usually, these days, she's pushing a little walker. It's given us both a lot of independence.

She still loves playing in the dirt.

We recently took a little road trip out to our CSA farm and picked a LOT of basil. Scout thought it was great fun.

And this is just a typical day at our house. Virginia makes her way into the bathroom whenever the door is open, trying to get someone to give her a bath, or let her participate in theirs.

When she does have to get dressed, she loves to put hats on. And her diaper is usually sticking out the back of her pants.

She still loves to read.

Many happy hours are spent pulling books off the coffee table and reading them.

She's getting better with the spoon (and still working on growing more teeth).

Another favorite pastime, staring out of this window.

She is occasionally distracted by the pile of toys next to her perch on the couch.
Always the poser.