Summer is here...at least for a few days. We're trying to plan out our summer travel, but planning and us don't go together well. We tend to procrastinate until a decision is made for us. (That really doesn't work when it comes to airlines, by the way...it's not often they just provide you with tickets without asking for any money.)

Zoe is currently terrified of cars. She calls them "ahhs" and seems to truly believe they are all out to run her over. She signs "hurt" every time she hears one (which is more frequently than you'd think, considering we live on a dead-end road at the top of a hill in rural Vermont). She also thinks all insects have it in for her, even the dead ones. On the other hand, she wants to hug birds, dogs, cats, and people in picture books.

Zoe also likes sitting in boxes, buckets and laundry baskets. Case in point:




Sascha is outside right now, wearing her swimsuit and rainboots. We'll have a photo of that in the next day or so. :) She has created huge Memory card games that span the entire living room. She makes up her own rules, too -- but not for any advantage. She definitely understands winning versus losing, but she's not a sore loser or a sore winner -- she just asks to play again.

I would not be surprised if she became an engineer. Or a lawyer. Or both. Her favorite questions are "How does X work?/How do they make X?" and "How do you know that?"

They are both super cute. But you knew that.