Busy, Busy, Busy...

The weather has been absolutely beautiful and we have really been enjoying. Every afternoon we head out the little tot play lot right behind our house and Abhi has a good time. It is a smaller play set, so he is able to go up the steps and go down the slide all by himself. He also keeps himself busy with picking up, investigating, and sometimes still putting in his mouth rocks, mulch, and flowers. He knows these things are "dirty" and he shouldn't put them in his mouth, but the temptation is just too much sometimes. So, when I tell him not to eat it, he quickly throws whatever is enticing him and says "dirty" or "yucky."

Lots of airplanes fly over our house, so since we have been spending lots of time outside, Abhi now knows airplane. As soon as he hears one, he points to the sky and says "airplane." Even if he just sees streaks of smoke in the sky he knows it is an airplane. He also knows bus (we watch the kids get on or off the bus almost everyday), truck, car, and train (we hear the train horn a lot by our house - when Abhi hears it he says"t" meaning train). He also just learned bird which he points to the sky for, and just the other day we took and early evening walk and he pointed to the moon and said that too. We read "Goodnight Moon" a lot...so he must have made the connection. I must say, I can't believe how much he talks!!! And he repeats every thing - we have to be careful what we say. I said something to K the other day and at the end said "good god" and from the other room out of Abhi's mouth came the same!

Since returning from India Abhi has been doing swimming class, babygarten(storytime at the library), toddlin time, and swimming at the gym. He goes to the gym daycare 2 or 3 times a week and they love him there. He is so good. And frankly, I think he gets tired of being with and playing with me that it is almost refreshing for him to get out. When we go to babygarten or toddlin time (it's like little gym), he is off and he barely even turns back to see where I am.

Here are few pix of Abhi on the playground behind our house.



Our friends Oscar and Jenn came over for dinner on Saturday night with their daughters Luli and Fiona. The weather was so nice that we took the kids out to play and Abhi had so much fun with the girls. When it started getting chilly, we all headed in. I made pasta, salad, and curried butternut squash soup for dinner. Jenn (with help from the family) made a wonder apple cake from fresh apples they had just spent the day picking at the apple orchard. Here are Abhi's friends Luli and Fiona...



Hope everyone is doing well...more soon!