Potties and Playland

Our friends, the Hebekas, gave Elise a belated birthday gift... an OSU potty! It is the most adorable thing- complete with magazine rack and toilet paper holder. Elise loves her new little throne, although she has no idea why this seat has a hole in the middle (notice the Michigan bowl insert!). As of now, we put toys in and around the seat. Maybe in another year or so we will be using it for the 'real' deal. Quite a gift from Michigan fans.






Elise's new favorite thing is to show off her belly button. Luckily she only pulls up her shirt when you ask her 'where is your belly button?'. We have come across two challenges in the belly button department: 1) How does one find and show off their belly button when wearing a onesie? 2) Where does a dog's belly button reside? We will get back to you on both of those questions when we find the answers out ourselves.





In light of the current snow storm (predicted 12 inches by tomorrow morning), I needed to break Elise out of the house this morning. I had figured that we would be housebound by afternoon and wouldn't venture out for another day or so until the roads were plowed and the winds died down. So, I took Elise to Sylvania Playland- an indoor playground with bouncy houses, swings, slides and climbing equipment. They have a toddler section so I wasn't concerned that all the 'big' kids would be knocking into our crawler. Elise had a blast!! She let me help her walk around and was distracted enough by her new 'friends' that she stood alone for about 10 seconds before toppling over. We will definitely head back there in the future... it's a place that Elise will love that much more when she's running around all on her own.