31 Months

Aspen is 31 months old! She's happy, opinionated, and making good progress on potty training! She loves to sing, and during any moment of the day, can often be heard singing songs from Pocahontas, Frozen, or "Hush Little Baby."



She's still very polite, quick to say "please" and "thank you" and is getting better about sharing.



But Aspen's real happy place these days, does seem to be the farm. We go weekly, often with friends:



















and even with sister, when she gets a day off of school!







And sometimes we go by ourselves...











...though we can hardly say we are ever alone. Besides the other families who have discovered the treasure that is Sunflower Farm, there are, of course, the animals. Aspen knows them all, loves to visit with them all, and feed most of them.







Belle the horse is an emerging favorite. Aspen keeps an eye on her the whole time we are there, and if it ever looks like they are going to suit her up for rides, we are almost always the first ones in line.



Meanwhile, of course, we do manage to keep ourselves occupied the rest of the week. Both Sabine and Aspen still love to play dress up.




And play with their cousins. Aspen and Hunter have always been good buddies, and seem to be getting nothing but closer as they grow up together.








Sabine, meanwhile, stays busy with school, play dates, and swim classes. Her school recently did a Jog-a-Thon as a fundraiser, and Sabine got 11 laps in!



Not to be left behind, Aspen joined as soon as Sabine took a lap to walk. She ran around the track THREE times! The final lap, she told mommy to go stand with the other mommies and clap as she went by. She could run herself.



Sabine also made it up to the mountains last weekend with a friend for some day camping. They really hit the changing colors in the tree! It sounded like a fabulous time.