'Yep'

Molly has become a little parrot in the past week or two. She can't always say the words clearly, but she's trying. She is picking up new words all the time, including "yep." (Now we're trying a little harder to say "yes" around her but it might be too late). She likes words that are sounds, like "click" and "plop." A couple days ago she learned "apple," which was exciting because it's one of the words she's been signing for a long time and she still prefers signs for those words. She's still making up signs, too -- most recently touching the bridge of her nose for "sunglasses" and rubbing her fingers around her neck and collar area for "sunblock" (took me a while to figure out that one).

Friday Molly and I went on a field trip with the Family Partnership, the state-funded organization that runs daily play groups and stuff in town. Their budget's about to be cut, so we're soaking up the free/cheap fun while it lasts.

We went to Davis Farmland, which is a kiddie mega complex with a splash park, playgrounds and tons of farm animals. We were very fortunate to be there early in the season and on a day that started with pouring rain (but then dried out -- yay!), so the place was nearly empty.

I was impressed with how close they let you get to the animals. There were baby goats and sheep walking around freely everywhere. One pooped right in my lap -- awesome. Here's Molly with a couple playful babies.



Feeding some goats.

Driving a tractor.


That's a baby Jacob sheep, for anybody who may be considering starting their own farm in the near future. Hint hint.


Molly liked the animals, but she really got into the place when we went into the toddler play area, which was really just a bunch of little old playground areas with wooden and plastic toys. It's a good thing we didn't pay the full admissions price for that! It's also a good thing Molly had so much fun.