Sam and Daddy are off trick or treating. Sam is dressed as a cow and seems to have fun going “moo, moo” now and then. She is just cute as a button. She is “pretty cow” because she has oiled hoofs (patent leather shoes) and lacy fetlocks (lace trimmed socks). The ensemble is completed with a dab of black face paint on her nose and her cheek. We went to the parade on Magnolia street, and there were some very creative costumes there. Sam had to go in the stroller. She was too tired to walk far.

Sam’s language is just amazing. She is using possessives, and extrapolating words from one situation to the next with ease. There is a monkey in the little train that could that is walking on all paws. She pointed to his hands and toes and named each one, then raised her toes and pointed to her own toes.