wet or dry

On Saturday we continued our recent tradition of visiting nice parks.  This week's destination was Homer Lake, which was upgraded this summer with a natural playscape that includes a stream with adjustable flow and a small sandy beach.  Highly recommended.

We didn't read the rules carefully before jumping right into the fun.  If you look carefully, you will see that we were breaking of them.  Shoes are required, so next time we'll bring our water shoes.

What can we say about Janny?  She says 'no' to everything even when the answer is yes.  She yells and squeals when she wants something (we are working really hard to break this habit).  She says all done after eating but will always eat at least 2 more bites as we move to pick her up.  She is fearless in her love of climbing.  She puts handfuls of dirt or wet sand in her mouth maybe just to see our reaction.  She sings "ba-ba-ba" at the top of her voice when she's riding in the bike trailer, and her smile is maybe the sweetest thing on the planet.

After playing around with potty training for several months, Jill put Clara on the potty regimen this week.  The first day was rough.  Somehow, Clara managed to poop 5 times in her undies (or only 4 if you don't count the one that rolled onto the floor).  Icky.  Since then no accidents.  #1 and #2 always end up in the potty.  We rejoice.

We visited Clara's preschool this week.  She knows that she'll be going when she turns 3.  Every day she claims to be 3.

Clara loves to try on 'princess dresses'.  When we are walking near a street she demands that we pick up Janny, saying, 'I'm very worried about Janny.'

The job search is getting off the ground.  The first two jobs that I investigated suggested that I could be paid  $90k and $40k per year, respectively.  So that's settled.  My approach to date has been to ask people I know if they know of anything.  So far, not too many bites on that end.