The Nibbana Family

This has been a big summer for me! Ari, Mom and I stayed home this summer together and did a lot of fun things. Ari took art, science and literature classes at the local library while Mommy and I went to the kids section and played with their toys and read books. We went to the pool a few times too. I love to swim and am not afraid of the water at all. Mom and Dad have to watch me because I will try to get in by myself. We did other things too, like go blueberry picking, visit a nature center, and feed alpacas and llamas at a rescue farm.

A new playground was built near the pool. Since it is only a block from us we watched it grow and we finally got to play on it a few weeks ago. It is so much fun! There is a see-saw and swings. There are huge slides and lots of ladders I can climb, even though that part of the park is for the older kids.

Grandma took my cousins camping last week and Mom, Dad, Ari and I went too. It was hot but a lot of fun! We went tubing on the river and I loved it. I hope we go again sometime because it was so much fun. Mom or Dad held onto a rope that was attached to my tiny tube and they pulled me around or let me float down the river while making sure I stayed close to them.

Finally, I have been learning a lot of words too. I am learning to tell Mommy and Daddy what I want and need. I can tell them when I need to go potty or when I want to play outside. I also just learned to tell them I want to watch Elmo’s World (not Sesame Street, just Elmo’s World). I think I might drive them a bit crazy with that one. I also know some songs, or part of songs. I know “Tomorrow” from Annie, my ABC’s (although I just say A,B,A,B over and over), and a few others. I also know how to tell Mom when I want to hear songs!

I like staying home with Mommy and Ari, and I love seeing Daddy a lot more too. It has been a really good summer!

Yesterday, my big sister Ari graduated from Pre-K!  Mom and Dad picked me up and we went to her school to see it all.  Ari looked so happy!  All of the kids sang songs and named the letters of the alphabet and her teacher, Mrs. Tracey, read poems.

Grandma came to see us and Daddy brought Ari beautiful flowers! Afterwards, Grandma took us out to eat dinner and Ari went to Grandma’s house for the weekend. I’m so proud of my big sister!

I spent the weekend at Grandma’s house and had a lot of fun.  We played games and swam and gardened.  When I came home this afternoon, my sister Ari wanted to go skating, so Mom and Dad took us outside.  I surprised them because I learned how to walk really well!  I can walk over 50 steps without falling and now I walk a lot more then I crawl.

I love this walking thing!

We went to a park today. When I climbed up a hill, I looked back and saw Mommy waving at me and I waved back to her three times! Daddy let me crawl all over the grass and it was lots of fun (I even got grass in my pants). In these pictures I am crawling up on Dad, investigating the camera.

I am 10 and a half months old. Yesterday I got my fourth tooth, to join the third one that popped out last Thursday. Also, I just learned to climb the stairs in our house.  I climbed all the way up on my own earlier this week! It makes Mom and Dad nervous, but it is so fun.