Day In and Day Out

For the rest of this school term, I will be working all of my teaching days at the same school, which is always kind of nice. Seeing the same faces and getting into a groove is nice, but there's enough variety that it's never monotonous.

We are still waiting for Michael's work contract to go ahead with more planning for our international move. 

Penelope seems to be enjoying her regular schedule, which hasn't changed since February. Some days she is with me, some days she goes to Sally, her daycare, where she plays with one other boy. We still do swimming once a week, and we go babysit/play with Ed on Fridays. Michael has his night of the week he goes to frisbee, occasionally also goes climbing or works out another night, and I either go to trivia or frisbee on Wednesdays. 

Pen continues to love spending as much time outside as possible at a few different local playgrounds, she loves imaginative play with dolls and stuffed animals, and she loves to color (crayons, markers, watercolor, bath soap crayons, etc.). And, of course, she loves her busy box that Michael made - it's even been updated lately with some good music selections. We've introduced building toys, cars, and some other toys, but she just isn't as into them. She still gets into a lot of stuff and tries to climb a lot, but I think she's been making more reasonable decisions lately and isn't always trying things that are too risky. Usually. She has started asking questions by changing her inflection and putting her hands in the air in a confused gesture. Like, when she's watching Sesame Street, and there's a skit where Ernie hides, Pen holds up her hands and says, "Ernie?? Ernie?!", with increasing concern.  

We have no big plans for the upcoming weekend, but I'm sure we will get up to something.