Salad Spinners!

Some of the best toys that we have as far as Satchel is concerned are our salad spinners (yes we have two, small and large). They are fun not just for spinning as fast as you can, but......

You can use them as a stool.

Or a hat! (Satchel seems unimpressed by my photo taking).

I think that she looks a lot like her Auntie Michelle in this picture.

Shoes

What you might find by our back door:

Satchel on Harmonica - Available for Birthdays and Holiday Events

Satchel has become quite the harmonica player. She has found that playing in the toy box is particularly delightful.

Satchel the Stacker

One of Satchel's favorite pass times: stacking blocks. Here's some photos of her doing what she loves (as is surprisingly good at).

CAKE!

First of all, welcome to Isaac born Sept 22nd. We're all so excited to have him as a new part of the house family and he's beautiful!

To celebrate Isaac's birth day, we had some cake which Satchel very much enjoyed. Cake is one of her favorite things and generally results in quite the mess. Below is the mess that ensued after this particular evening of cake. You will notice that it had blue icing.

Don't think we forgot about you, cats!

So, the other day for the first time in what is probably a year, I took a picture of Birdie and Sammy asleep together on the bed. There was a time before Satchel was born when we had many a photo of the cats sweetly curled up together. Somehow our attentions have been focused elsewhere. So, here's one for the cats!

Satchel at the County Fair

So, here in the city, we had a "county fair" of sorts at the Garfield Park Conservatory. One of the attractions was a farm animal petting area which Satchel loved. At one point she got sandwiched between two sheep that were quite a bit taller than her and it didn't even phase her at all.

Look at that happy girl. Lately we've been struck by how she no longer looks like a baby, but looks like a little girl.

Checking out the bunny.

Trying her best to boss the goat and sheep. She tries this with the dogs and the chickens at home and it never works.