Walk in the forest

We went for a long walk in the forest today in Tryon creek state park behind our house. I'm Mr. Mom this weekend.

Karin for the first time discovered that deep in the forest she can make her voice echo. Wow, that was another amazing first to watch. If there was anyone else in the forest they must have thought there was some weird animal on the trail.

Bernie also had fun -- had to wash his feet before we got into the house. We also picked some apples in the apple orchard on our way out. Most were mushy but still a few good ones on the ground.

'till next time

- Sam

Swinging ('wingin)

Karin loves to swing. She calls it 'winging as she has problems with S sounds except when she says ssssnake.
Anyway, yesterday she was 'winging and she closed her eyes. I wish I could have taken a picture. She kept her eyes closed for a long time and was letting the feeling sink in. It was the cutest thing.

Kids can be very trusting and at this age & so many things are "new". Things we take for granted are a huge discovery and a new joy found for the little ones.

Sam

Karin is a little wizard with naming animals

Karin is really into reading her big animal book. I think she can name almost 30 animals. I'm loosing track of how many she knows; toad, hummingbird, jelly fish, pelican, and so on. It just keeps going and going. How her mind works I have no idea, her mind is a total spunge. The development is crazy and so fun to watch. She is starting to get more familiar with many sentences. Some phrases of late "no way", "I don't like it, it's yucky", and "put me down now please".