Almost time to be a big sister...

The horse stables on the way home from day care were a huge hit with Halina, only two days from her becoming a big sister. I've been given a induction date of Thursday Sept 3rd and I'm happily teaching through Wednesday....

Halina is aware something is about to change, although the past week or so she has really enjoyed a little extra time and attention from her Dad. Tonight before going to bed she held my belly a while, smiled and giggled.

Halina smiles a lot and doles out her smiles generously to every friendly stranger who pays her attention. We've had a great weekend together as a family. Saturday was spent at the library and then downtown Silver Springs for the live music and Sunday we ate breakfast out for the first time all summer and then walked around the Georgetown canal and waterfront.
A picnic along Georgetown's waterfront

Halina dancing to her new Polish CD

"tuu duu" Magda and Chan (that's "Thank you" in Halina-talk)

A rainy saturday afternoon at Great Falls, VA

The world of a 18 month old....

Although the adventure days have been dicontinued, Halina has keep me in awe with the little things:

• She attempts to hold the railing while going down the stairs, and gets even more excited to do so while she's going up the stairs.
• She always has a clear agenda at the pool - baby pool for a few minutes, then the big pool for bubble blowing, dipping head head back to dunk her hair, and climbing out and jumping back in after saying: "on...twa.. ..." all ahile holding one finger up and grinning ear to ear.
• She feeds her stuffed animals food, whenever possible.
• She now runs out of my arms at daycare - much better than the clinging and crying I usually get.
• Her favorite books are the ones that go along with songs.
• She knows how to pick and eat the ripe "black"berries from the bush in our drive and the "orange-red" tomatos from the garden.

The butterfly exhibit at Brookside garden with Grandma and Grandpa