Did I mention that Sam is still fascinated with Harold and the Purple Crayon? Particularly the episode with all the animals: lions, cheetahs, penguins, camels, monkeys and giraffes. She loves her animals. She loves her little train, Salty, that she holds in her little hand all through the night. We play with her train tracks too. I have to restrain myself from putting them together without her. It is fun for all of us! I am so glad that Uncle Jon gave Sam a second Cat in the Hat t-shirt. I don't have to do laundry every day now, just every other day. Books are a great diversion, and she is demanding that we teach her how to read. Well, okay, sure! Let's see, what else? Hamlet makes her giggle when he tries to clean her, and she really wants Tucker to sleep with her. Daddy bought her a hula hoop that she loves. Such a simple thing, and still has the same old magic. She still plays with the music cube that Leslie gave her when she was a few months old. Actually, we all play with that. She loves to draw all the time. We are on our third roll of paper now. These are big rolls. Physical challenges are very enticing. She will follow the bog kids everywhere and try to do everything they do. She went to the top level of the playground structure, twenty feet up, and was up there for a half hour before she realized she couldn't get down and asked me to come and get her. I caught her climbing the jungle gym and I helped her hang from her knees upside down. She had to do that for quite a while because a ten year old was doing it too. Sam talks to most other kids, and I have learned to respect her choices of whom to play with. She knows who is fun.