Rachel keeps learning

Rachel's new words this week include: jump, bounce, snuggle, couch, Farkle (that's a game we were given for Christmas), triangle, circle, square.

Not sure if you can hear her say 'bounce' in this video, but I think you can hear her say 'oh no!' as she cleans up her mess.

She is learning things so fast!  A few weeks ago she struggled to force her shapes into her shape sorter.  Now she can identify each shape and place each one in its designated whole quite well.  She is also now identifying triangles and circles when we happen to see them in books or out and about.  She has triangle shapes on her cup we didn't notice, the hazards button on the dash of the car is a triangle, and the shower curtain has circles all over it.  It's pretty fun to see things through her eyes.

Daddy goes out for run while Mommy and Rachel get ready to hike

Hiking with view of the Flatirons

Rachel helps Daddy clean up after the wind storm

The weather here has been all over the place.  Cold and snowy, then warm and muddy.  Today is was 65 degrees and we went out hiking.  Last week we had a huge wind storm and more branches came down all over the place.  Here's a video of Rachel playing outside in the wind, trying to figure out why her toboggan will not work.

Jason is away at a conference with his students in Colorado Springs for the next 3 nights.  Thursday (March 1st) I will start my first day of work, and Friday I'm heading to Vegas for 3 nights without Rachel.  This will be the first night I've spent without Rachel, and I'm very excited but glad I'll have great company to stop me from missing her too much!