Fun in the Fall

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It's been a good couple of weeks since last posting, and there aren't a whole lot of updates, but we do have some.

Yesterday was just gorgeous here, and with that, Daniel and Rachel first helped with yardwork, and then stripped down and played in the water from the sprinklers.

Daniel picked weeds and twigs out of the grass, and Rachel filled her little wagon with these inedible apple-like things that the previous owner must have planted. All in all, a very successful cleanup effort. Rachel was trying to push her wagon through the grass, and having some trouble with that when Daniel went over and said "Rachel, it's hard to push it in the grass, let me help you move it to the sidewalk" (no exaggeration, this is how he speaks these days) and then did so.














He was equally helpful in getting Rachel to try the sprinklers in the series above, but she didn't enjoy it as much....


That quickly passed, and everyone had a great time running, chasing and splashing in the water.

We also went to see Thomas the Train as he came to visit the Denver area, and that was a big hit, like it was last year. Rachel got into the action, calling Thomas a "tain!" and Sir Topham Hat a "guy" - which is the name she has for all of the Little People figures. There may be pictures and video of that later.

Language-wise, Rachel has had a significant burst of energy in the last 2-3 weeks, focused on tying two and three words together to make her point. We get a lot of "Papa Book Cheh!" (Dad, sit in this chair and read a book to me) and she's started to realize that "pease!" (please) gets her better results. When climbing up on a ladder in the first picture of this blog she said "hold on tight". Hard consonants tend to get skipped, but it's getting easier to understand.

Daniel's enjoying school, and has started drawing parallels between going there and Eric going to work. The other day he asked Eric "Do you get to do a drawing before lunch at work?"

Daniel has just about earned his second toy for completing a set of tasks. There's a grid full of stickers on the fridge, and once it's all full, he gets "Sumsy" the forklift from Bob the Builder. He's very excited about this.

Rachel took a trip into the pediatrician because she kept saying "Ear Hurt", but there was nothing wrong. For her trouble she got a flu shot though, and spent the next couple of days a little under the weather. Other than that, we've all been healthy since the last report.

And that's about it for this time around. There may be pictures from Thomas, stay tuned. Otherwise, the next major event around here is the annual "Great American Beer Festival" when we host about 15 friends (many of you who read this regularly) for a long weekend. Should be fun.

Until next time.

A.D.R.E.