Two Posts in One Day!

As promised, a picture of Merrilee with her finished solar system. We don't have a fancy way of mounting the planets yet. I think I'll wait until we move and then we'll get something a little more sturdy than egg cartons. She is enjoying her astronomy course, and absolutely loves keeping a notebook to write in and illustrate.

Katie Mei was the official snack-maker today at snack time. This was her first foray into the world of food services and she seemed to like it a lot. I thought she'd be putting food in her mouth, but she was self-controlled and very focused on making the snack to share with "Mao-Mee" and "Deeka". I did catch her stuffing one little peanut butter-covered raisin in her mouth when it got stuck to her fingers, but otherwise she was quite hygenic. A good quality in someone who might become the lunch lady one day!

Merrilee and Jacob enjoyed their snacks and were praiseful of Katie Mei for doing such a nice job.

On our trip to Indy this past weekend, Merrilee lost her third bottom tooth. Today the fourth one came out. She has yet to relinquish any of them to the tooth fairy. I keep trying to encourage her to do so, but she tends to have a fondness for her removed body parts and likes to know they're still around. We'll see if she will finally give in to the desires of the fairy tonight.

And lastly, a video to show you how wonderfully smart my amazing baby is! Actually, she's just doing what she's supposed to do as a toddler...learn. And I'm always happy to see progress. Here's a snippet!