Barry and Kathy sent Sasha the most adorable clothes. We're so grateful for this gift. Thank you!
Sasha and I opened up the box and immediately tried them on! Here she is modeling some of her new outfits:















While we were in Florida, Barry was telling us about his journal which he has had for over 20 years and has written in every single day! It was pretty interesting to go back three years and find out the exact happenings of a particular day.
James and I realized that our bog is kind of like a diary, and it's archived so nicely. So this encouraged me to include more details of Sasha's development:

Sasha's interests and activities:

Bead sorting:



Shell sorting:




Zipping:



Snapping:



Using a funnel:



Picture taking:



Reading in her new reading corner:



Playing with play dough. Here's her gingerbread man:



And her ice cream cone:



Putting all her corn bread into her soup:



Here's some of her art work. We've been working with scissors, glue and glitter:



This is a new activity to help develop her senses of smell and hearing. The bottles on the left with the pink cloth have different spices. There are two of each. She has to smell one and find it's match.
The bottles on the right have things in them to make them sound differently. Two have beans, two have rice, and two have glitter. She has to shake one and find the other that makes the same sound.
She loves this last activity and can do it perfectly.



This one is the same as the above, but for the sense of touch. She feels each fabric and finds it's match. I've included felt, cotton, silk, and linen.



Taken in Maine. Kitty, Samantha and Caroline flew out to Maine to be present for the birth of Erica's baby, Alma June Wallace.
Caroline's return flight left from Boston so Sasha and I happily drove up to Maine to pick her up! Here she is with Kitty:






Caroline and Akeva's visit:












Sasha's activities with me consist of challenging her mentally. But as soon as James comes home, she gets her much-needed physical challenges! She chases, runs away from, climbs up and dances with Daddy: