Peek-a-boo!

A week ago, Grant learned how to play peek-a-boo! We play it all the time now, and we have so much fun! Just say "peek-a-boo" and Grant will put a hand or two anywhere on his face, then pull it off really fast with a huge grin!



Also, he has started "pointing" at airplanes as they fly by...

...although this looks like he's trying to give it a high five. :)

June

We have had a very comfortable June here in Seattle. Most days have seen us wearing long sleeves, jackets, or sweaters. There have been plenty of sunny days to play outside, but it has been a pretty cool June. Nice! So, here is a little of what our June was like, since I last posted:

Our tomato plants have been growing nicely! Actually we got them in May, but I have been so excited to see them grow so quickly. The other day we woke up to see them bent completely in half. We tied them up to some sticks though, and they still look alive! So we are excited for some big beef and cherry tomatoes a bit later on.


(Just about) every time an airplane flies over us on one of our walks, we can look down and see Grant doing something like this:

He's been doing this for a few months. We never pointed them out to him or anything. He just recognizes the sound on his own and knows to look up! He just looooves airplanes!

Haircuts! We gave Leah her second haircut, and Grant his fourth:

This is how they look when I try to take pictures of them by myself... bored.

Then Daddy comes along and helps, and they give him great big smiles! (Thanks, Daddy!)

Writing. Leah has been learning a lot! Here she wrote "MOM" twice, all by herself without any prompting or encouragement. I saw it only after she was done and showed me:


Here she wrote her entire name by herself (I wrote the "Love,"... it was for a card). I did encourage her some, but only verbally. (I didn't write it with her, for example.)

Leah (and I) just started a little preschool co-op type thing here at our apartments with two other kids and their moms. We are focusing on a different letter each week, so I expect she will just keep getting better :)

I think that's it for the pictures... A few more little updates: Grant has 12 teeth now! His last two "first year molars" just broke through on his 13-month birthday. Yay! Finally! He can also get down on his own (if he's been standing up). Yay! We've been going on lots of walks (every day, if the weather agrees with us).

That's about it for June. Happy July!