Tuesday: migrating

The last several days have brought tons of geese (and one swan) to our lake.  This is what it looked like this morning...probably at least fifty geese (or more) (and one swan).  (Seriously, I think the swan thinks it's a goose.) (I swept after I took the pictures.) (Parentheses are pretty fun.)

In honor of migrating day, I moved all the chairs from the deck into the garage for winter.  I also let the turtles on the deck come inside to winter, since Mom always let them come inside and they didn't get a tough skin.

Monday: today

Today I felt like I needed to have a productive day; the to-do list has been piling up.  The end result was ok...I managed to accomplish things, but there's still a lot on the list.  Guess it means I need to have more productive days in the near future.

Vacuuming was done, laundry was started (although I managed to partially melt the mattress pad), the kitchen remained clean, I had a dentist appointment, the freezer was cleaned, dinner was made, and some emails were sent.  And took a nap and took care of Isaac.  But those aren't really chores.

Sunday: puffs

I've noticed that all brands of puffs say pretty much the same thing: "Your baby may be ready to eat puffs if they can eat puffs."  

This statement of course assumes that puffs are the first food that your baby feeds themselves.  Which seems to be the case for many babies.  Maybe this isn't quite as funny since I can't explain myself very well.

In other news, it's pretty much rained for the last two days.  I think there was an hour of sun and a few hours of just clouds.

Friday: cousins

Isaac got to spend some time with his cousins today. He has one that is seven months older than he his and she is such a giving person. She gave Isaac toys. She got Isaac more toys. She gave him the straw from her juice box. She gave him apiece of pepperoni since he didn't get any pizza.

It was pretty cute.

Thursday: Flurry

Flurry is still alive and well, even though she doesn't get mentioned as much.

Her new thing is getting up and standing over me in bed when Isaac is crying, telling me to turn the monitor off so that she can go back to sleep.

Wednesday: studying

Isaac and I were at the library today, and I had set him on the floor while I grabbed some books.  There weren't any books on the bottom shelf, so Isaac grabbed the next highest shelf and pulled himself up.  Hurray!  (He then tried to steady himself by grabbing books, including Jack London's Call of the Wild.  He found out that books move rather easily.)

This is one of the things on his test and something the doctor asked about yesterday.  It's good to know that 1) he's listening and 2) he's practicing the right skills.

Wednesday: isaac's first test

Today was isaac's nine month well child visit. He is still a well child. His weight is 17 lb 5 oz which is still small (15%) with a height of 28" (25%). But he's growing and following the same trend as the curves, so the doctor was happy with his progress.

But...he has an assessment test that we need to give him in the next month. The doctor said that we would pass based already on what she could see at the office. But I think we should try for an A+! So we have a few skills to practice. :)