Picnic with Cousin Liz

Thought I would post some pics from the picnic we had a couple weeks ago with Cousin Liz. We went to a nature center near our house - it is so peaceful there! They also have a great playground in addition to the usual trails and exhibits. Here's some pics!

Okay and this next one is the resident wild turkey - just in case you've never seen on up close...

And here's just a whole bunch of ones I snapped of Cole that day...

Mail's Here

Cole has learned a lot while in preschool this year. He's great at letters and numbers. Cole's always been imaginative but now he links it to real-life scenarios that he's observed throughout his day.

While playing yesterday, Cole gathered all of his palm-sized sponge letters and placed them in a sand bucket. Then he went to various points in the living room and placed a different letter at various points in the room. He opened cabinet drawers, reached up high for shelves and table tops and each time he'd call out my name, daddy's name, cow or baby and say, "Mail's here." When he was all done he presented the empty bucket to me and said, "Mama I delivered all my letters!" I know we're biased but Scott and I thought this was pretty clever of our little man.