Zoo Boo Fun

The local Zoo always hosts a Halloween trick-or-treating event.

For A, it was her first time out in her costume. The hat is missing, but she is a "mean witch." Sometimes she varies the costume by declaring herself a "scary witch" but normally it is a mean witch. Fortunately for me, she is still only 2 and I was able to adorn her "mean" costume with lots of little hearts.Her sister was a little more challenging. For a long time, she wanted to be a mailbox. As she went from house to house, she would open up the door and ask for the candy to be "mailed." Then she'd raise the flag on the side of the box and with a quick "thank-you" be off.

At the last second, though, she made a switch-a-roo on me. She decided that now she wants to be an endangered blue bird. Most importantly, she wants to be a mommy bird with a nest so that when she sits down she is sitting on her eggs. Here you can see her long tail feathers, sparkling wings, and if you look carefully you can see the brown tutu covered in leaves, twigs, and (of course) her eggs.

Bajini Soccer Girl

"It was Wednesdays. It was fun. I like kicking the ball because I kicked it back and forth to Jordan and Conner. We took a lot of water breaks. I love drinking water. I liked getting my turquoise shirt from soccer. I loved playing all the games. My favorite was the animal finder game. How about you try it.

"I love you.

"Thanks.

"Bye."

S Swims!

I am very excited to report my biggest achievement of the summer. Bigger than trying out martial arts at my best friends birthday party. Bigger than going to the water park wave pool and down their big water slides. Even bigger than milking a goat at the state fair.

I can swim!
I took lessons at school all summer (just like last year) and at the last lesson dad came to watch my progress. I was splashing around, spinning and bobbing, when dad came over to me and remarked "do you realize that you're swimming?"

I thought it was exciting that at the beginning of the summer I could touch the bottom. Now, though, I can kick my straight legs, put my face in the water, and "reach and pull" my hands to make a rudimentary swimming motion. The photo shows an instructor supporting me, but I can move about 15ft without any help at all! Mom and dad are very excited by this and I'm finding myself enjoying the water more and more as my skills improve.