Autumn

Everything is red, orange, and yellow here. It's pretty sublime I must say. We're busy prepping to move again on Tuesday. I wanted to get a little in about the kids before I checked out for a few days.

In the past week and a half, Mary Lu has started walking, clapping, and pointing, and she really gets a kick out of all of it. She loves music and dancing, and dances at any opportunity. Books are her favorite thing (aside from Juan). In a funny aside, she really thinks they should be sung to her. This is because the first book she really became interested in was "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" which Juan and I would sing to her. Now she just thinks that's the norm and she dances along. She talks in spurts. A month or so ago she was talking up a storm, now there is a hiatus of sorts. Outside is her favorite place to be. Aside from names of family members, "bird" was her first word. She's started to point at things in books and name them.

Lately I think Juan will leave paleontology behind (undoubtedly because his mother can't spell it) in pursuit of the performing arts. Many nights after dinner he gets out John's guitar and plays music and sings songs--from Nada Surf to Laurie Berkner, often songs he makes up as he goes. A good half of his conversation during the day is reenactment from movies he's recently seen. He uses props and mumbles stage directions to himself.

There's more to tell, but I can't remember. I love reading your comments, if you visit, please leave a note--it's nice to know you're out there.

Love,
Jessica