1. Whenever Jay makes a weird face at me I have the habit of saying, "What's that face?" We have noticed that now Josie is beginning to say that to either of us when we give either each other or her a weird face. If you don't answer her she will say it again and then laugh.
2. We took Josie to the State Fair 2 weeks ago and she was so excited to see the animals. She is fascinated by the cows and we had to go down every aisle in the barn with cows. She was also fascinated by the baby animals in the nursery. They were having cow and goat milking lessons and you could actually milk a cow or a goat. She thought this sounded like fun so we stood in line to milk the cow. She was ver interested until she actually had to sit and milk it and then she was not so sure. She pulled one time and then said she was done. At school the next day they asked if she had fun at the fair and she said, "Yes, I got to milk a cow. You pull on the thing and then the milk comes out of the cow's butt." Okay, time for some cow anatomy lessons.
3. Josie just finished her second round of swimming lessons and she loves to swim. Her teacher was Katie- a 19 year old college student who is excellent at her job. After the two rounds of lessons Josie can: float on her front and back, make bubbles, kick and move her arms, jump off and swim back to the edge, and swim unassisted for a short time. She is so unafraid that she will just jump into the water or kick away from the edge so Katie taught her to ask permission before she just "dives in". Yeah Katie!
4. Monday she did not have school so we had, as Josie put it, a "ladies day". We baked bread and made pear jam. She took some of the bread and the jam to school to share with her friends. She is now addicted to pear jam and bread. Reminds me of a book ... Bread and Jam for (Josie) Francis.
