Abe,
Last week your Aunt Betty gave you a bunch of tall sticks and some twine. We added a sheet and some clothes pins and you had your first tipi. Shortly after it was done, you had toys and favorite catalogs tucked away in there. It’s a cozy pad.

The butterfly exhibit at the Nature Center has come to a close. We visited at least four times and even brought your cousins there. This last time, the owls were out in the middle of the day, looking imperiously around. You and your Mama watched them through the fence. I love how you identify them. “Owl-whoo-whoo,” you say, name and sound linked as a single concept. You do that with movement too, so that when you say,”Coloring,” you are scribbling in air. It’s such a complete language.

Here we are, the trio.

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