Carnival

Yesterday was Open House at school, a yearly event. Sydney likes the face painting and was quite pleased with this one:

Isaac got into it too, with a "Spider Hero" face to match his shirt (coincidence):

Both of them enjoyed the Pony Ride, but Isaac especially --- he kept coming back! I lost track, it was either 5 or 6 rides:

This giant slide, oddly, didn't get any repeat business from our kids after they'd each done it once:

We both were delighted at how Sydney laughed and laughed at this clown --- she couldn't get enough of him:

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It took me 48 seconds to write the title of this post, and I missed "v". (Yes, I timed it.) Try it sometime, it's an interesting mental exercise. I mention it because at dinner last night Sydney started reciting the alphabet backwards! She did really well, too --- with a little encouragement and a couple hints now and then she made it the whole way. She seemed quite chuffed.

Isaac's been more receptive to practicing his language skills too, which is really happy to see.

Of course, it's not all roses and song, but let's just gloss over some of the noisier and higher velocity parts of recent home life ....