A very serious airplane

 


photo credit Madeline, mom of Milo the Very Fierce Dinosaur.

Portrait

Julian had his school picture taken!


(Yes, grandparents, we are sending you copies.)

October update

Julian is ready for fall!

He's got his Junior Scientists of America shirt:



He loves the library, which is a good place to hang out when it's cold outside:



He thinks he's ready for driving lessons. His parents disagree.



He went to get a haircut with Daddy!



He looks very handsome with his new haircut:



And he thinks that leaves are a lot of fun.

Vocabulary, 16.5 months

Julian's vocabulary has expanded greatly since the previous post. Much of it is only comprehensible to those of us who spend a lot of time with him, but he certainly knows what these things are called, he's just working on his enunciation. New words (as many as we can remember) include:

NO
please
all done
chair
cheese
water
wheels
bus
bike
nose
arm
knee
toes
ouch
bunny
balloon
tree
flower
door
window
keys
open
walk
book
airplane
bath
bubble
hot
hat
boo
yum
boom
bag
ring
home
boots
star
spoon

Animal sounds: duck, fish, monkey, pig, cow, chicken, cat, dog, sheep, elephant, lion, dinosaur

Farewell, summer

A red letter day

Today Julian came home cranky, having no idea of the wonders that were waiting for him in the backyard.





Even with all that excitement, he still had time for his favorite produce.



And to play a little peekaboo and look at a tree.



And he was all too happy to share his new favorite word!





It was a good day.

A Day at the Zoo

On Labor Day, Julian and I went to the Denver Zoo! We went with his pals Milo and Geoffrey, and their moms Madeline and Monica. Madeline posted some pictures at her blog, too.

First, we saw some giraffes! I think these were Julian's favorite animals; they were very big and strange and easy to see, even far away. He had a lot to say about them and wanted to hang out there for quite a while.


But then we walked along (I pushed the stroller while Julian ran ahead) and we saw a polar bear! (Julian, bear, Geoffrey, Monica, Milo)


Julian ignores the bear


Then we made our way into the tropical environment. There were a LOT of fish and, correspondingly, a lot of puddles to splash in. Julian also liked the bright blue frogs, but we didn't get a picture of them.




Julian and Milo, moving too fast to be caught on film



Julian and Geoffrey


And at the end of the tour of the tropics, we saw a GIANT DRAGON.


After all that excitement, we had lunch and the boys passed out in the car on the way home. We had a great time and only saw a little bit of the whole zoo, so we'll definitely go back soon!