Delenn's Signs

Since we arrived home, Delenn has really started to take off with her
signing and communication. She now clearly signs all done, where, light, milk, hat, dog, and gorilla -- and she makes the fishy sound for fish and more or less says mama, da(d), ball, bear and that. She also waves bye-bye and night-night and gives kisses.

Yesterday, Logan and Delenn were really cute together. Mommy had put
some music on and Delenn started to dance. Logan then joined in as well
and it was cute watching Delenn bob up and down and Logan whirl around.

It's also cute to watch Delenn and Logan play rockets and jet planes. Delenn will often pick up a plane or rocket and hold it up above her head just like her big brother! (Yes, rockets and now jet planes are still the current fad in our household, though Logan also plays a wide variety of other games like cooking in the toy kitchen, playing with cars and trucks and building things. He also creates long narratives as he plays quietly.)

At one point yesterday, Logan looked at Mommy and asked, "what's that
smell?" Mommy said, "I'm not sure, Logan, I don't smell anything. Do
you smell something cooking?" "No" answered Logan, "I smell poos coming
out my bottom." Mommy burst and laughing and Logan ran off to use the
bathroom.

Both Delenn and Logan love books right now. Delenn will easily sit
through 10 books or more. Mommy and Daddy often give up before she
does! She really gets involved, patting her leg when she sees a dog (or
her chest when she sees the gorilla). She also really likes the fire
engine books we have and makes fire engine noises and moves some of the
movable parts. I think we mentioned that we've started to read Logan
chapter books during breakfast, lunch and snack times. A couple new
things have happened with that. For one thing, Logan has really started
to ask about vocabulary. He'll ask while we're reading (and throughout
the day) what specific words mean. (He's never done this before.)
Logan definitely enjoys this new routine and will ask for his book as
soon as he sits down. But there's another side to the story--Delenn.
She obviously gets jealous and has insisted on having a book read to her
too! (She makes this clear by grabbing at the book, at Mommy's arm and
screaming!) So, we now read a book to her as well.

This week is the Master's Games (for people over 30). Daddy has come
home early from work each day so Mommy can play soccer. It's been a lot
of fun, though Mommy is quite tired and a bit sore (having played two
games and with four more games to go!) Meanwhile, Daddy has also been
volunteering to help run the mountain biking races as well. It's a big
event here in Alice with more than 4,450 competitors from here and
around the country taking part in more than 30 sports.