Saturdays are almost always relatively relaxing in our house. Aside from cleaning (which is a regular weekend chore), we often spend most of the day playing with Caleb and enjoying each other's company since Scott has been at work all week. A couple of months ago we began online grocery shopping (something I should have started when we first moved here!) so that is one less Saturday chore that we have to do. We typically have a lazy morning and then make it out around to the shops for different bits by the afternoon, but nothing too strenuous.

This morning, we finally got around to throwing out some boxes that had taken up residence in corners of the house and the guest bedroom in the past couple of months. During this task, Caleb got to play with peanut packing for the first time. He was a bit confused by it at first, then he began to enjoy it, then he began to eat it which meant that playtime with the packing peanuts quickly ended.
Once we finally got ourselves together, we decided it was time to upgrade Caleb's buggy. When there's bad weather or a lot of shopping to do, Caleb rides in the buggy instead of the sling. The past few months, he has been in his infant carseat which clipped into the frame of the buggy. Today we decided it was time to remove it (since Caleb hangs out of that infant carseat now) and replace it with the big boy buggy portion (after all, he can sit up now). This proved much more complicated to assemble than we had realised. When he was first born, it was simply used as a "pram" for Caleb to lay down in. Everything had to be taken apart, moved around, and put back together to make it a proper buggy, complete with sunscreen, fleece (because it's cold in England), apron, and rain cover (which we had to purchase today because they are pretty much a staple around these parts). Caleb was so excited to be able to sit up straight in his buggy and see everything around.
This is what it looks like when everything is snapped together for protection from the cold weather. We also picked up a booster seat for Caleb while we were out so that he can sit up at the table with us instead of on the floor in his Bumbo when he eats. (And we didn't forget his toothbrush either.) All in all it was a good day with a lot of upgrades to help transition Caleb further away from babyhood.

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