Dog, binoculars or camera

Every time I go for a walk through the marsh, I have to decide whether I will bring the dog, the binoculars, or the camera. I already have the baby, so I'm limited in what else I can bring. If I don't bring the dog, she will watch with sad sad eyes when we go past the patio. If I don't bring the binoculars I may miss telling a swan from a white pelican, or similar. If I don't bring the camera how will I ever take amazing photos of wildlife?

So today I brought the dog, and therefore have no exciting new photos to put up. But here is some fabulous peekaboo video instead. It is so easy to make Anja laugh. She laughs at peekaboo, and splashing in the tub, and getting dried off really fast with a ducky towel.



We read so many books before bedtime today, I finally had to stop her. She just kept bringing more. She loves books and is understanding more and more words. Today I read a sentence that had the word "nose" in it, and she touched her nose, then turned around and touched mine. When I read a sentence with "fingers" in it, she picked up my hand and touched my fingers. Recently I asked her where the flowers were, outside, and she ran to the patio door and looked at the geraniums in the pot outside and smiled.

I try to expose her to the names of as many things as possible everywhere we go. By kindergarten she may be the only kid who can identify avocets, teals and black-necked stilts.