State of the Family

Eric was in Las Vegas the past week for work and he was missed by all of us. Even Stratton seemed to miss him at dinner time. He'd occasionally look at the doors and say "Dah Dah" as if looking for someone to walk in. Although he was sleep deprived from being on a plane all night, the boys couldn't get enough of him when he got home. A huge thanks to my parents for coming and keeping us company in Eric's absence. It made the time a lot more pleasant!

This idea was birthed from Stratton's love of puddles outside. He makes a beeline for any standing water after a rain fall. Both of them really enjoyed the tub of water in our playroom and a few towels and change of clothes later, it was all cleaned up!

Dawson volunteered to "read" this train book to Stratton. Trains are definitely one of Stratton's current obsession - books being the other one - so this was an offer well received.
Stratton's vocabulary is exploding these days. He'll try to say several new things each day - "pasta", "tree" - tonight he even named each person in our family, including himself.

I've recently been on a kick to get more and different birds for our viewing. I invested in this stick-on feeder to go on the window in our sunroom/playroom. It took a few days, but the birds have found it and seem to be willing to come up close - it's a lot of fun.