Notes from the crib

George had an eventful day today. It started off by having his first ever police encounter. As DH left the neighborhood to bring George to work today, he saw that a trooper was following him. All of a sudden the lights went on and DH was instructed to pull over. The officer slowly approached the vehicle and asked DH who that was in the back seat. DH replied, "Why, this is George." The police officer then told DH that there had been a child abducted in the metro area and the getaway car matched DH's car description, but that DH and George were clearly not the suspect/child in question. So he was told to have a good day and off they drove to come meet me. I had heard about the Amber Alert for the missing five year old, and they were looking for a car similar to DH's (same make but different model), it happened not far from a co-worker's house. I hope they find the child, and I'm glad they are stopping vehicles and making checks.

After we did the George switcheroo, he and I went to a park and met up with some of our friends for a couple hours of playtime. He had so much fun climbing on the playscape, digging in the rocks, and chasing squirrels. The other little boy in our group is almost three, and he brought along a backpack full of cars to share. George spent over half an hour playing with those cars, driving them around in the playground pebbles and making car noises. A little bit later, after the kids had moved on to other fun the little boy gathered up all his cars and went wandering around trying to find a place to hide them. He finally settled on zipping them up into his backpack and I heard him exclaim as he pulled the zipper tight "Now George can't find them!" It was too funny!

After we tired of the park we all went to a local hamburger joint for lunch. We arrived near lunch time and it was an adventure finding space for four mommies and six kids, but we managed to squeeze in. George had part of my burger, a grilled cheese sandwich, some of my spicy fries, and an entire bowl of fruit, plus a bite of cookie. He's a good eater, if it's food that he likes. I've found offering food on utensils often increases the chance that he'll eat it - he loves forks and spoons.