Letter Imperfect

Sameer has been determined to teach Sonia her letters, even though it will literally be years before she can read. Oh well, I think he must secretly harbor visions of her appearing on ESPN as the winner of the national spelling bee (and, really, with my genes in the mix, that may be her only shot at ESPN).

So, attached is the first evidence that she may actually be learning the letters. Here she is at the park today identifying each letter in the name of the play structure, or at least a few of the letters. I'll spare you the videos of her counting...suffice it to say the performance is similar ("one, two, five, eight").

July Photos

Well, we're already more than halfway through August, and I am just getting around to posting our photos from July. Pretty much par for the course for us these days. Life is good, just too busy to post all of the fun things we are doing! In the last few weeks, we saw Thomas the Train live (or, "blue choo choo" as he's known at our house), enjoyed a fun weekend in Tracy with lots of family, visited an actual farm (turns out that turkey are terrifying), and made literally countless trips to various parks, restaurants, and grocery stores. Sonia's vocabulary continues to expand (latest favorite word: "elbow") even if her food repertoire does not. We talk about taking the pacifier away at night, but don't actually do it. Sort of like how we talk about potty training, but then decide that she is "not yet ready" (or is it us who isn't ready?).

All in all, not exciting times, but good times. Here are our photos from July...hopefully we'll do a better job at getting some August shots up soon.