Jonathan did the Tough Mudder with some friends two weekends ago. It was like recess for him, he had a blast. Eleven miles of running over rough, hilly terrain and a bunch of challenging obstacles. All the training totally paid off and he's already excited to do it again next year. So proud of him!
We went to Black Butte last weekend with Jonathan's side of the family. We had a great time. Quinn loved all the attention and practicing everyone's names. Plus, we went to the pool and playground which are always a hit. She liked sweeping the floor a lot. After Jonathan's dad took a group photo with his camera on the tripod, Quinn started pretending the broom was a tripod leaned against the wall and the dustpan hooked onto the handle was a camera. She'd walk up to the broom, push a small circle on the dustpan, then back up and pose and say, "cheese!"
Quinn's imagination is starting to show a lot. She likes to get out the travel changing pad and change her stuffed animals' diapers. She pretends to be Jonathan getting ready for work with a badge necklace, lunch bag, and phone. She has her stuffed animals do whatever learning or art project I had her do earlier in the day. She pretends a guitar puzzle piece is a guitar. And tons more. She's also making lots of connections with books that we read. When she saw the tuba puzzle piece she remembered the Sergeant Murphy book. When someone sneezes, she references a joke from a Little Critter book. When something was heavy she remembered the duck book. And any time we stop at a red light she mentions Go Dog, Go! And many more examples of this too. It's amazing to see her learning to make sense of her world!
Here are some photos from Black Butte taken by my lovely sister-in-law. And also an update photo of the garden. A couple weeks ago the spinach finished producing so I put in some basil in its place. From left to right we have tomatoes, green beans, basil, kale, zucchini, spaghetti squash, and nasturtium all around.
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