bear lake

You lucked out when the friends that invited momma and daddy to Bear Lake insisted that you tag along too. So not only did you get to come, you got to do everything the adults did. You went tubing and four wheeling, and you even got to stay up late to make s'mores.

The first day on the lake you were so anxious to get on the tube that you and daddy toppled in the lake, head first, missing the tube entirely. The cold water caught you off guard, but you were a champ, toughed it out with not a single tear, just a lot of heavy breathing. In no time you were used to the water and loving the tube, so much so we couldnt get you off it. You would say "whoa!" and "Aw shoot!" with every bump. When you weren't being tossed around you talked a lot about the "wayer" and the "beeds," in other words, the water and the birds.

Believe it or not, we made it home with no sun burns!

the zoo

Only a week after leaving St. George and your cousin Sofi, you were able to re-unite and hang at the zoo. The zoo is something we do every summer, but this year was by far the best, after all, your vocab mainly consists of animals. You thoroughly enjoyed all the animals your recognized, and wanted nothing to do with the ones you didn't. To finish the day off you and Sofi rode the merry-go-round, and I hate to break it to you, your younger smaller girl cousin was WAY less scared than you!

interpreter wanted

You have a very extensive vocabulary, however, it almost solely consists of farm animals these days. I blame it on the fact that every book we seem to own takes place on a farm. If you weren't so good at making animal noises momma would sure struggle with the following words:

Free - means "fish"
Freo - means "sheep"
Frah - means "frog"
Fran - means "elephant"

See what I mean? Confusing. Can I tell you how long it took me to figure out that "god" actually meant "dog"? Dr. Schmidt says we need to work on putting your words together to make sentences. You can imagine how difficult this is when you only really know nouns and very very few verbs. Others would beg to differ, in fact your grandma is amazed how much you talk, she is convinced you are saying all sorts of things. However, we spend a lot of time wondering what it is you are saying. Sometimes I think it would be helpful to have an interpreter. For instance, the following words can be confusing out of context:

Mo - could mean "more" or "milk" depending on where you are standing
Doh - could be "door" or "down" depending on whether you are whining
Side - could be "inside" or "outside" depending on what side of the door you are on
Heh - could be "head" or "hurt" or sometimes both depending on what you ran into

As difficult as it can be to figure out what you are saying, we love that you are trying so hard to communicate.