I fought the Lego table and the Lego table won

Since our last substantive entry, Silas

Learned some new signs ("eat," "cereal," "dog")

Still loving "fish" though

Discovered his love of apples


Visited with one of the great loves of his life, our friend Julia, and her girls, Karla and Dayana


Showed no fear in the face of a dragon

No camera tilt here at all--that's me scaling a 45 degree hill

Shared a hat with Uncle Haig


Ate the heck out of some collards (next to apples and bananas, his favorite food)


Got a haircut (by Mama, during a scintillating episode of Blue's Clues, which was the only way we could get him to be still long enough for the trim)

Before front

Before back

After front

After back

Visited the pumpkin patch

No, seriously--I saw a pumpkin over there that was this big

Went crazy over some birthday balloons


Had a bumpin' birthday party









Ate some banana cake (made, shaped and iced to look like a pumpkin by his Grand)


Spent some quality time with his extended family



Practiced his walking


Ate a couple of leaves


Ate an entire apple (skin and all) by himself and pitched a fit when we wouldn't let him have the core


And lost a fight with the corner of the Lego table at daycare.

OUCH

Next up, Silas's nanny starts next Monday--please think good thoughts that the transition goes well!