Fall fun

Dad raked up some leaves Saturday afternoon so Claire could experience playing in the pile. She enjoyed throwing them in the air and plowing through the pile strewing them along behind her.

Claire stops to smell the flowers while playing in the leaves, with her handy wrench in hand just in case.


Mom and Claire stop to roll around in the leaves.

(sorry for the dark photos, mom is lazy and didn't do any adjustments!)


A couple new words have entered (down and boom), although she doesn't say these without prompting. She's certainly communicating more and more and understands a lot of what is said around her. She's been saying something that sounds like 'tickle, tickle, tickle' but we know that isn't really what she means. It sounds more like she is experimenting with 't' and 'l'.

She's found out how to take the tabs off her diaper. Mom continues to tell her that if she would like to learn how to potty train at 16 months we're ready to pull the trigger (not really, no potty yet). She also enjoys zipping up her pj's at night.

Claire enjoys singing Wheels on the Bus (with the actions) and walks around the house making the 'wheels' motion. She also likes Itsy-Bitsy Spider and throws her hands in the air at the start of the song. We've been working on Ring-Around-the-Rosy as she likes to turn around but prefers to watch other fall down :)

Her favorite books have changed in the last week, much to mom and dad's relief. We're now reading a lot of Nursery Rhymes.