Happy Mother's Day to all. I know it has been a happy one here. We had a gorgeous weekend and spent lots of time outside. We started out Saturday morning with the third-annual Preeclampsia Foundation Walk-a-thon in Davenport. I gave a speech at the beginning of the walk. It's posted on Will's blog. Edward liked the playground better than the walk itself, but he didn't object too strongly to the stroller, especially when he was being handed bits of granola bar or his juice cup!

These photos are from today, when he was attempting to build on his climbing skills by adding the challenge of doing so while holding the cup. He was somewhat successful, though efficiency was totally lost in the equation. He could not be persuaded to let me hold the cup while he climbed and then come back for a drink when he came down the slide. Oh well--not the first or last time he simply has to do something his own way. He's much better these days about keeping his hat on so I'm glad not to have that ongoing battle. In fact, sometimes he'll find it and put it on himself when we're playing inside.

Late last week Edward demonstrated a new skill that we found hilarious so we'll share it with you in this video. No explanation for where he got the idea to do this.