Catch Up!

I just turned around, and September was done!  Before the day is over, I want to catch up on some pix from the last 4 weeks.  Shots from Friday play dates with my favorite 19 month-old and other September things:

GiGi's garden hat is on the move.

No more tip-toes needed
to turn the lights on-off-on-off-on-off.

The crazy thing is
GiGi's hat nearly fits.

Going to the pantry for . . .
(any guesses?)

. . . a bahnah.
Still a favorite, though now it's called by two names: bahnah and broom.

D fixed the drawer pulls.

 In addition to bahnah, Little Man played with cars and kucks, airpane and cot-ter.


The cot-ter has blue rotary blades,
in case you wondered what a cot-ter is.

The orange car (background) is a pillow
that Josie and Papi brought months ago
when they came for a visit.
D calls it Papi Car.

 While waiting for lunch, it was time to catch up on a few phone calls.

HEY-OH!

That number is 88888888888888888888888,
right?

We were on speaker phone . . .

. . . and someone really called!
Hey Yea sounds a lot like Papai.

 Daniel started Mother's Day Out in September.  Two days a week, he plays with his new friend (there are two toddlers in the class) and learns new words from his teacher Ms. Charlotte.  There's a shady playground, snack, lunch, and naptime on a mat on the floor.

No tears on the first day of  'school.'

At least no tears from Daniel.
Mamae wore the feather necklace that GiGi gave her before leaving Brazil,
to give her courage for Daniel's first day of school.
 

This year, for the first time in a really long time, I purchased season tickets to The Houston Ballet.  They were half-price!  The beauty of these performances, amazing professional dancers, choreography, lighting, sets, costumes, and a fantastic Houston Symphony Orchestra--I'm transported.  There were two ballets in September to start the season.

Steve was my date for the first performance of the season.
He's not mad; just doesn't especially like to have his picture taken.

My friend Jo joined me for the second ballet--The Merry Widow.
We both hummed the waltz all the way home.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch--

Not rubber bands.  Pasta.
And neither of us wore burnt orange--the color of that other university in the state.

D still played in the hose.
With temperatures in the low 90's throughout the month,
there was plenty of time to play outside in the shade.

Saggin'

Let me interpret this look.
Is this boca nao? or can I drink this cool agua?

A bucket for washing finger paint off the hands
and belly.

Daniel still loves to read books.  He points at every picture and wants to know what it is--if he doesn't know already.  I noticed he's getting a little bored with the same old format, so we played a new game.

GiGi said, "I Spy a . . .  "
and D filled in the blank.
One of his funniest new words:  pickemup.
It's what he calls paper clips, because he and Papai
play a game scattering and picking up paper clips.

Fall has arrived in Texas, according to the calendar.
GiGi brought out a big bag of acorns
for scooping and pouring.

With morning temperatures a little more bearable,
we took a pumpkin for a ride in the wagon.
See the drool?  Daniel is cutting all his 2-year molars at once.

What's September without Aggie football?!!
Uncle Dodo showed D how to take a hike from the center.



D took the football, turned, and ran down the hall.
All the time he ran yelling, "Go! Go! Go! Go!"

During a time-out on the field,
Daniel checked out Aunt Nana's computer
while Mamae (and Johnny Manziel) looked on.


H a p p y   F a l l ,   Y' a l l !