Peanut goes through phases in the things he's interested in, and the ways he plays with them. For example, sometimes he likes to climb around on the Finsterium, and sometimes he simply stays in his house. Lately, Peanut's favorite way to interact with his play gym is to climb up the "stairs," climb down the swing, drop down to the bookshelf, and snack on the oat groats I've "hidden" there. Today he went back to an "old" way of playing with the gym: he climbed up the stairs, climbed down the swing, and snacked on the oat groats I've stuffed into the holes I drilled into the wooden dowels. Click here to see a bigger picture, with the holes circled in green. He's already gotten the groats from the top three, now he's working on the bottom.

Sometimes, if he's in the mood, this turns into a game. I try to keep all the holes filled with groats, and he tries to eat them all. It's a pretty good game. Peanut usually wins.