Wisdom from the mouth of. . .

A friend of mine found this list of questions from http://www.montessoritidbits.blogspot.com They suggested you ask your child at the start of a school year and re-interview each year. Here are L's responses:

1. What is your name? Leila Dawn Faber
2. How old are you? 2
3. When is your birthday? in September
4. Who is your mommy? Shev
5. Where does mommy work? Medicare
6. Who is your daddy? Josh
7. Where does daddy work? at RIT
8. What is your favorite color? Purple
9. What do you want to be when you get big? astrophysicist
10. What is your favorite food? Pizza & ice cream
11.What food do you not like? I don't like to eat sand
12. What is your favorite animal? Zebra
13. Where do you want to live when you get big? with Orangutans [we've been spending a lot fo time at the zoo this week]
14. What does daddy say? No response
15. What does daddy like to do? He likes to hug you
16. What does mommy say? No response
17.What does mommy like to do? She likes to hug you too
18. What is your favorite song? Red red wine [?!?!]
19. What is your favorite movie?
20. What is your favorite type of ice cream? Strawberry
21. Where is your favorite place to eat? Champps
22. Who is your favorite person? Mommy
23. Who is your best friend? Baby rabbit, and my best friend 10 [yes, she means the number, which is also her best friend]
24. Favorite toy? Baby rabbit
25. Favorite TV show? Blue's Clues
26. Do you have any brothers or sisters? No

It's a softball?

We have some news...



We're long past the small fruits and berries stage, into handheld sporting equipment (softball)/random fruits and vegetables (avocado/turnip), and eagerly awaiting the onset of grapefruit and on toward the melon family. Honeydew, here we come!

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Now playing: The Beatles - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
via FoxyTunes

Over the river and through the woods. . .

. . . to Letchworth State park we go. This is referred to as the Grand Canyon of the east because of the deep gorge (~600 feet). We saw the three waterfalls (lower, middle and upper) and Leila climbed up 100 of the 127 steps to the bridge her own self!- and then slept the whole way back :)









And from earlier this week, mommy gets jumped on by someone cute:



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Now playing: Lyle Lovett - Babes In The Woods
via FoxyTunes

As requested some video!

Here is some video footage from our recent travels, enjoy!

Fun in the Sun!

We are heading back to Rochester tomorrow after a wonderful family vacation. We started out visiting Grandma Marcia and Papa Bear. We went to Lake Taghkanic for a picnic and played in the backyard. Then off to NJ to visit Auntie Suzie and Uncle Ken. We swam in the pool to beat the 100 degree heat. We did pay a visit to Point Pleasant beach and aquarium and stopped by Brookside to see Mimi and Papa Cohen. (Leila's great grandparents) Next and final stop Long Beach island, NJ. Auntie Lauren and Uncle David spent the weekend with us on the beach. Leila would not get near the ocean waves but she liked digging in the sand.

At the zoo/fingerpainting

Adventures of Super Leila

We watched an episode of Blues Clues called Superfriends and now L goes around saying "Super Leila to the rescue."

We had lots of adventures today. After swim class we stopped by the library to return some books using our new backpack, went to the farmers market to buy herbs (and share a muffin), and went home to plant them. We may have run through some water while watering our garden, which on a hot day like this is a great activity.