Happenings

Hello again, loyal readers. Markita, THANK YOU for leaving a comment! Rand says hi to his Auntie Kiki and he promises to give her a nice sloppy kiss next time he sees you. So nice to see that somebody is reading! Hint, hint to my family.....just kidding!

We got Rand a sandbox today, now that the patio is all fixed up. It's a green turtle one, and he keeps going over and pointing and saying, "Turtle! Turtle!"

Rand can climb up on the couch all by himself. He still thinks that the laws of gravity don't apply to him, however. Luckily, mom has always been there to catch him, but someday he will be sadly disappointed.

Rand is also developing a sense of humor. His favorite thing to do now is to point up at the ceiling and look up. He waits until we look up -- at nothing, of course -- and then cracks up at how hilarious he is and that he made mom and dad look!

We made chocolate chip cookies on Sunday (they were soooo good, Godiva chocolate chips make all the difference). Since then, every morning when Rand gets up, he goes to the cupboard where I keep the mixer, opens it up, drags out the mixer, and says, "Cookies? Cookies?"

Rand looooves books -- thank goodness! -- and is starting to put a sound to all of his favorite books. "Moo, Baa, La-La-La" is "lalalalala." He has a new book about a fire engine that he calls "nee nah" (like the sound the fire engine makes, get it?). "Good Night Gorilla" is "lela." "Goodnight Moon" is "moon." It's very nice that he's starting to be able to ask for things by name, instead of me holding up book after book after book only to have them pushed away until the right one is found.