Pumpkin Patch with Grandma

Grandma Debbie came to visit last week to help out with Claire while I am recovering from surgery on my heel. The weather was nice and so we headed to the pumpkin patch in Boring. Unfortunately it was during the middle of the week so Dave was at work but if we waited till the weekend it would have been a soggy muddy mess. 

It was both a first for both me and Claire! The crutches made it a bit of a challenge but I managed just fine. We went on a hayride, picked out our huge pumpkin, got some freshly made carmel corn and had a really good time. They had a kiddy area where Claire played in a sandbox full of dried corn kernels, had a hay maze and a little play house (where she promptly got stuck in the folding chair). Grandma and I tried to to get Claire to look at the camera for some fun pictures but there were so many distractions it almost became comical trying to get her to look at us and not at all the people.

Got to weigh in

Corn kernels are almost as much fun as sand!

Ohhhhhh! Help Grandma!

Hayride

Playing peek-a-boo around R2D2
(We had to take this for Daddy)

So many to choose from

Confusing

It occurred to me a while back that the world can be a confusing place for a little person and us adults certainly don't make it any easier for them.

Here is what I mean, back in August Claire and I went to Dick's to look at the camping gear. We are walking through while Claire is pointing at different things asking 'what's that' and trying to say the word. She points to several rafts, kayaks and boats hanging on the wall and from the ceiling. It is a great way to display them without taking up floor space. My thought to make it easier is I just called them all boats. It was pretty cute to hear her sound out the word boat and practice over and over again. First as a whisper, almost like she doesn't want to say it too loud, just in case it isn't right or she is listening on how it sounds internally comparing it to what I said. Wouldn't be awesome to be in their heads!

A few days later we were walking through Target and Claire very excitedly points to the lights and signs and says BOATS! She was quite proud of herself. It makes perfect sense to her; why wouldn't those be boats, we are in a store and they are hanging from the ceiling. How confusing!

I felt sad that I was the one who created the confusion and how to explain that those are lights or signs, not boats. Anyway, two months later she now looks up, points and says LIGHTS!! Although, I am not sure still knows what a boat is.

Sweet Country Photography

We had Claire's 1 year photos taken a few weeks ago. Up next family pics, now we just have to get them scheduled :)