Swinging again

The kids both get a lot of joy out of swinging and being swung. We have been so blessed by (ad)venturing out to new and exciting parks in a 15 minute radius. Many fun hours were spent away from home this summer. Caleigh takes her Big Sister role seriously, making sure Zachary is having a good time even while she is "busy" having fun. She is still an intense little girl, whether it's attacking the playground equipment, reading books, or running "fast as you can." She is a joy. And Zach likes to clap for her, encouraging her antics.

Near the middle of September Zach started (mostly) listening to our stern voice/warnings about what not to touch. He is so adorable, though, as he'll rock back to sitting (usually from crawling quickly toward said dangerous object) and wave at us, smiling. So his response to being told "no" is to cutely say "hi." We were talking about Zach to different people over the past few days and realized that we ended most every description with "and then he laughed/smiled." That's our boy.