sometimes words are more than i can handle

i've been working on a post about some exciting news, but finding the words is more than i can seem to handle right now. so i'm posting some photos of what we've been up to lately (and some captions, because i guess i have enough words for that). 

 about a week and a half ago lucy started walking for real. she still seems to prefer crawling most of the time because she's still unsteady on her feet (and her crawl is a lot faster), but she definitely can go around on her own two feet without assistance. 

 sam has been working on his list of sight words, and has them pretty firmly under his belt (though he occasionally has trouble with short a and short i words, like "it" and "at" or "in" and "an"). since he was able to do most of the words on his flashcards, i started to string them together into short sentences for him to read. these are a few he was able to do. i'm hoping he'll realize that reading isn't too far from his grasp, though i'm not sure that he's all that interested in reading on his own. perhaps we need different reading materials.

air-popped popcorn is tasty AND entertaining,

 and great for sharing.

 road trip view

and a few of niagara falls through a fence.

 a ride around the state park is a good time to relax.

but sometimes it's better get out and walk.

 perfect weather really makes everything feel grand.

 but the water had places to go and things to do.

 and we got a hitchhiker.

 but then it was over.

 and we drove back home.

 to find that the halloween mask had arrived! brilliant!

 there was a lot of picking up sam from school. and girly time with me and my little moviestar.

who was infatuated with daddy's stack of novels.