Back from Boston....and tired!

We had a great time. Went to the science museum on Friday and visited the butterfly garden, saw to-scale dinosaur models (I was impressed by how small the Triceratops were...I always thought they were bigger), and played around in some exhibits. Also had a picnic by the river.

Saturday we went to a playground and met my childhood friend Natalie and her son, Adam. It was great to see them and the weather was wonderful! Had some down time at K's house for a couple of hours and then went to the beach on Nahant - very fun! Kristen and Sharon taught Sascha how to play mancala and she picked it up pretty quickly.

Kid brags...

Zoe has added several spoken words to her vocabulary - ow, baby, yeah, NO, kitty. Very into pretend play with stuffed animals and dolls - mostly "making" them food and pretending to feed it to them. Loves being outside, splashing in the bath, hugging Theo and looking for birds (wants to hug them too - does not understand why they won't hold still for that). She is starting to act very two years old - hence the "NO".

Sascha has been writing her letters consistently and the improvement is obvious. She also cut out some cards from a magazine the other day right along the lines...so her fine motor skills are great. Right now she is into riding her KinderBike (a balance bike with no pedals - good practice for a real two-wheeler), talking about our flower and vegetable gardens (that we haven't had time to work on yet!), learning about alligators and crocodiles (she wants to know the difference...I can never remember) and building things with her Magtastic set that Aunt Mary gave her (and we picked up an expansion pack yesterday on our way home).

It's hard to remember what she learns in any given week because it's just so MUCH. Last night she asked how her body grew, and we started talking about cells. We've also been talking about plants versus animals, how plants grow, how everything needs food for energy and how some animals eat other animals.