One Speed Reader and One 3-week-old!

The relief pitchers have come to town in the form of g'parents Wisc. Eddie didn't seem as anxious about meeting them this time (he only sees them every 3 months compared with every month with g'parents Ohio). In fact, he had a pretty decent grin and began hauling out the animals right away.

Here's Ed mowing the lawn. Mostly he just likes to have the mower put on the grass, and doesn't usually mow the grass. We were trying really hard to get him to pose for a family photo--and we did get one shot where nobody has a goofy face and we're mostly looking towards the camera.

These other pictures are pretty self-explainatory. Josie was three weeks old yesterday, when these were taken. I know we've been busy and time flies when you have a toddler, but does it keep going at this rate?

Nothing new in an obvious way on Josie's development, but I'm sure all kinds of behind the scenes stuff is going on. She seems to recognize me and seems to calm down when it is apparent she is about to be fed. Eddie is doing well. G'parents Wisc. brought some loot for the kids and Ed pounced on a book with animals in Spanish and number flash cards. He read the book as fast as he could possibly talk, almost sounding like one long word of animals, as he pointed to and named each one. He then moved onto the flashcards, announcing the number and whatever picture was on the cards. He knows 1-7 reliably and after that it gets a little fuzzy. 8 is often 6, as is number 9. 10 and up are known as 1 and 0.

Cookie asks him questions in Spanish and he answers in English (and sometimes Spanish). Really wish he could continue this language development in elementary school.