Everybody in the pen!

G'ma Wanda in the octagon

Daddy reading their favorite nursery rhymes.



Uncles Alex and Andrew

Uncle Andrew

We thought pretty hard about which baby gear to take along on our nearly two week trip away from home. One thing that I was pretty sure that we were going to need was the octagon. It's a portable gated play yard (see previous posts) that the kids can play in and roam around, while staying safe and not being allowed to get into things they shouldn't. It took up a good amount of room in the back of the Pilot, but it was a really good thing that we took it along. It was invaluable as a place for them to play, especially during mealtimes...so that the rest of us could eat and/or take a break from holding babies. We set up the octagon (or actually, hexagon, as cousin Hailey brought to our attention, since there are only six panels set up...we do have two more that we haven't attached yet) in GG'ma Davis' dining room, and they spent a good amount of time in there. But they weren't the only ones, as you can clearly see above. Pretty much everyone took a turn in the play yard with Alec and Emma. We don't have pictures of everyone in there, but here are a few.