This weekend the public schools early childhood program hosted Vehicle Day. They bring a whole bunch of random vehicles to a community center parking lot and let kids climb around in them. Art sat in a firetruck, a school bus (which he also “drove” – and I did the door opener thing!), a hybrid energy city bus (not pictured), a limosine, and a ride-on tractor. He also pet the police horses and saw a street sweeper and McGruff the Crime Dog close up. It was a good time! But the event needs a more festive name. Don’t Let the Kids Drive the Fire Truck Day? Any other suggestions?

Today Art, Lewis and I took a walk around the block and Art told me the most beautiful story.  Man!  Did I wish I had a tape recorder, or a piece of paper or a phone or anything that I could use to record what he said. 

He saw a robin and talked about how the robin was getting food to take into the tree and give to Mama.  I wish I could remember it better, but he said something else about flying in the sky and going in the tree.  Then he said, "When Mama was a little bird she could fly in the sky….  I want to fly… in the sky."  Oh, it was so lovely. 

This is Lewis at 6.5 weeks. He’s been smiling for more than a week, but this is our first documentation of it.

Art and his neighbor friends Alma and Maura spent an hour in some sand, gravel, and dirt left over from making a patio in Alma’s yard. They were so earnest in their work that it really did look like they were little construction workers.