1 July

Nut Brown, when he wants to brush his teeth, climbs up on to the bathroom counter and sits in the sink. He has learned the sign for 'please' and lately has begun to say 'peas' along with signing. He altered the sign for 'thank you' so that for him, it's putting his index finger on the corner of his mouth, and he 'says' thank you often without being reminded. So cute. And he made up his own sign for 'sorry' (brushing his fingers across his cheek) so now when we tell him, 'say you're sorry', he can.

We found a riding toy for him at a garage sale, a plastic horse on wheels that he scoots around on. He calls it his "naaaaay" and if you make horse sounds while he's riding it he pulls back on the handles so it rears a couple inches off the ground. The Wyoming postcard Grandpa sent recently with a herd of horses on it was extremely well-received.