Jessica loves to dance

Jessica starts to dance anytime she hears music and sometimes even when there isn't. Check out this video.

Jessica at Eagle Creek park

Jessica went to the park last Sunday with her grandparents. She had fun on the slides and especially liked the merry go round. She saw the big kids doing it and wanted to try. She's a real dare devil.

Jessica spends time with her family in Indiana

There was a family gathering this weekend in Indiana. This is a photo of Jessica with her great-grandmother and cousin Josh.

Jessica goes to the Children's Museum in Indianapolis

Jessica went to the Children's Museum in Indianapolis a few days ago. She had fun running around and playing with lots of the exhibits. She really seemed to like the carousel music and trains. Here are some pictures.

Jessica goes to the Indianapolis Zoo

Jessica is visiting her grandparents in Indiana for a week. Today, they took her to the zoo. She evidently had a really good time and basically walked herself to exhaustion. I heard that she loved the train and carousel and also had an especially good time petting / hugging the goats. She also didn't seem to mind her "leash". For her, it seems preferable to having to hold someone's hand. It seems that she already has a mind of her own. Sigh. Anyways, here are some pictures that her grandpa took.

the best dollar I ever spent

Whole Foods sells these reusable bags to help the environment. Trying to be a good citizen, I bought a few a long time back. After unpacking groceries Sunday morning, I figured Jessica could play with the bag for a bit since she seems to have this thing for bags at the moment. I didn't really think it would occupy her for that long. She was thrilled with it however and spent lots of time filling it, emptying, and carrying/dragging it around the house. Check out this short video.

a trip to the aquarium

We took Jessica to the aquarium this weekend. This was the first time that she was really showed an interest in some of the fish tanks and kid friendly activities. Here is a video we put together of the trip.

Jessica gets cooking in the kitchen

Jessica really loves her kitchen. She's into her boiling pot (over the frying one for some reason), stirring, and even putting on her oven glove. She even does a little tasting of her imaginary cuisine or maybe that's the teething kicking in. Check out the videos.

Jessica gets goldfish

Well, this weekend we decided that we didn't have enough animals in the house and Jessica deserved her own goldfish. We are now the proud owners of one black goldfish and one orange and black goldfish, tentatively named Leo and Samson (by Jim) until Jessica can name them herself. This all stems from the goldfish at school that she stares at and shouts "sh", which in Jessica speak means fish. She does seem rather excited by the new addition in her room and spends a lot of time looking at them. Squishy seems rather interested in them too. I've caught him sitting next to the fish bowl a few times already.

a Halloween party

Today, Jessica had a Halloween party at school. Here are some photos of her dressed in her flamingo costume.

a trip to the beach

On the way to the pumpkin patch last weekend, we stopped at the beach in Half Moon Bay. Jim wanted to take some pictures and it got us over the hill before the morning rush. Here are some photos that Jim took.

rhino is back

This weekend we cleaned out some closets and I came across Mousse's favorite dog toy. Rhino didn't appear to have any damage, so I brought him back out for use. Mousse was sure happy to see him. Duke was happy to see him too unfortunately. :-( The two have been fighting over rhino non-stop.

Jessica goes to the pumpkin patch

On Sunday, we took Jessica to the pumpkin patch. She fed and pet the goats, rode a pony (at least for a bit before she wanted to be back with us), played in the water and on the rocking horses, and went on a train ride (which wasn't all that successful). Surprisingly, she didn't really show any interest in the pumpkins. I guess there were too many other things for her to play with.

it's hard to use a pull toy

Jessica has finally shown interest in her pull toy. As these videos show, learning how to use one is actually a lot harder than you would think.

Jessica has intense focus (for one night at least)

The other night, Jessica worked very hard putting her toy fish in and out of their bowl. She was extremely focused and did this for about 30 minutes. Like I said, she was very focused. She was pretty talkative during that time too. I think she was trying to tell me why her task was so important. You can make your own decision after watching the video.

Jessica goes to a gym party

Jessica had fun at the gym party tonight. She liked playing with the balls and jumping on the trampoline with her dad (of course). Plus, she had fun seeing her friend Leilani and sharing her dried peas at dinner afterwards. My guess is that many of you are going dried peas? Well, that's evidently the hot food item amongst toddlers in this area. I was evidently deficient for not providing them to Jessica before this week. Whole Foods must be making a killing.

Jessica gets in the Halloween spirit

Jessica is starting to wear all her Halloween themed clothes. She's got a lot of them, so this month is pretty much going to be orange, orange and more orange. I'm pretty sure she knows she looks cute.