your wednesday morning

winter coat

the clarabear!

your latest big accomplishment

Most of your cognitive development shows itself in play.

Your favorite game now is to sit on my lap, cover my eyes with your hands and yell "CLARA!" at the top of your lungs. It's how you tell me that it's time to play peek-a-boo.

study of a girl in a teacup

pumpkin patch petting zoo!

There was already a line, even though the farm had only been open half an hour!

Eli, Andrew and James were right behind us.

You found lots of rocks and shared them with everyone who wanted any.

We entered the farm through a castle belonging to a dragon. James decided that the dragon's name was Bob.

 

You and your daddy spun around in the grass until you were dizzy and needed to sit down.

Then it was time to go see the animals! 

You met a very nice horse.

And an emu.

And a really sassy goat.

Then we found some tiny goats that were very friendly.

You found a rabbit in a cage.

And a whole bunch of chickens.

On the other side of the farm, Andrew was showing James how to feed the goats.

He was really excited when the goat licked his hand.

So you and I tried too.

You were not as keen on goat-feeding as James was.

Then after lunch, it was time to go find pumpkins!

QUICK GUYS! PUMPKINS!

You searched through the field.

And then you found the perfect pumpkin.

Which you picked up and carried yourself.

It was almost half your size.

But you are very strong, so that was no problem.

The gingerbread man guards the entrance to the maze.

You and James were starting to get tired, though.

He got pretty excited about toadstools and paths through the pine trees.

Also an enormous goose.

You got pretty excited about leading your daddy around in the trees.

He got pretty excited about YOU.

After walking across a little bridge a couple times, it was time to go home.

Because it had been a very exciting morning and everyone needed a nap.