All dressed up and ready to go.
Merry Christmas.
We looked at bugs, got splashed by penguins, are currently riding the carousel, and will be riding the train in a few minutes.
A nice morning with my family.
Today Moose’s speech therapist stopped me in the hall–apparently she had been waiting to talk to me, and had even considered calling me over the weekend, because she had some news she really wanted to share. She told me that she couldn’t believe the progress Moose has made in speech, even since the end of May!
She’s impressed with how much more he’s talking, which was no surprise to me. He has been talking more (sometimes non-stop), and while I like being reassured that he is improving, I was fairly certain that I couldn’t have imagined how much more he has to say now.
My third-oldest has autism and it’s been very hard for him to learn to communicate. This is among the best news we could have received since his return to school, and I’m very proud of him.
(via More Progress | Amanda.)
This is my youngest daughter demonstrating for me the chimes at a local park.
She has my attention span.

Flighty
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Abby’s Girl Scout troop was invited to group seats at a Cards game this past weekend, which included a walk around the warning track at the park. (The group seats were, as you would expect, very high up.) This is the first time any of the children were able to go to a game, and the first time Amanda and my parents had been to the new Busch Stadium.
After Abby’s birthday celebration, I look my son, my father, and my best friend to CP Pinball for a few hours of fun.
I almost typed “fifth” in the title because I have a hard time dealing with the fact that she’s six.
They’re all using the kit lens (haven’t picked up another yet), but so far I’m pretty happy with this.