Jammin'

Hi; Here we are again. We have been very busy lately. Our most recent adventure was a trip to the New England Aquarium on Feb,28. We had a great time, Laina was very excited and kept running ahead, coming back and grabbing my hand to see the next thing. Her favorite things were the penguins(when we arrived, they were feeding them). and the jellyfish. She liked to have them swim by her face up against the glass. Unfortunately, our camera was acting up and we have no pictures of the event. I have been trying to post some that were emailed to us by Uncle Paul, but something is glitchy. Hopefully I can figure it out.For now, you'll have to see some that were taken here at home. One is of her playing her guitar for me, and some are of her eating a muffin with jam, lots of jam...and playing at the sink, and wearing an envelope hat. We have been enjoying a couple days of nice weather, Laina and I went to the swings yesterday and she was practicing pumping all by herself. She likes to sing the whole time she swings so it is great fun to be there with her. She absolutely will not leave the playground until she has been on ALL the things either. If we miss one, she will remind me at home,"We forgot to climb the dinosaur Mommy!" She counted to 14 yesterday, all by herself, so I think we've overcome the number 12 hurdle. She had been stuck there, saying 11 and then 8. We have also noticed a great interest in letters and reading, she pretends to read "grownup" books and must have one of mine for the game. We play pretend a LOT, Jimmy and I must always be ready, at any time, anyplace, to instantly become a bear, a baby, an alligator, a lost kitty, or anything. It's very tricky sometimes. A funny new game is playing "babysitter". It's funny because when my friend, Wendy babysat for us, the power went out. Poor Wendy had an irate and bossy 2 year old yelling "Put on my Winnie the Pooh Light NOW!", and she didn't know where our candles or anything were. So now, when we play babysitter, Laina means "Get the flashlight, and pretend the power is out". I laugh every time!