Are you my prince?

While I was cleaning out the garden today, Paige was hunting for toads. She caught this fairly good-sized one and held onto him until I made her let him go in one of our herb pots.

Later that night, Ben took her out on the deck and she said, "Toad, where are you?" while looking in the pot of basil.

17 Months

"I see a cow." "Paige is holding Daddy's hand." "Mommy, get the binky." "Paige is hiding." "Where did Paige go?"

"Oklahoma, orthodontist, peanut butter, bean burrito..." And on it goes....

Paige is moving on to speaking in sentences and singing. She can sing her ABCs, and yesterday at breakfast she counted to 13 by herself. She also sings J-O-Y, the B-I-B-L-E, and a few Sesame Street songs -- "I Love Words" by Abby Cadabby and "Imagine That" by Ernie.

Over the summer all four of her 12-month molars erupted, and now she's working on her eye teeth. To ease the pain she often asks for a pop-a-sicle. Another distraction that works well is swinging on the new swing set or sliding down the slide.