Accalia and Cole are both asleep. They must be really worn out by everything we've done today. It's another beautiful day - sunny and in the 50s - so we've been outside a lot. It's also been windy, so that's made it feel a bit cooler out, but it's helping to dry up all of the water and mud.

Yesterday I had shown Accalia how to sign "I love you", and today she came up to me and signed it :) She doesn't really comprehend that some people are unable to speak or hear, but she loves learning a different way to speak.

Today we had fun playing the games at Great Lakes Kids. Accalia especially liked the habitat game where she could place each animal in the appropriate habitat. The ideas of habitats, endangered species and migration are all a bit over her head right now, but she has a pretty good idea of where each animal's home is. She got a bit upset when we were playing the migration game and my bird kept getting there first, so we had to move on to another game :)

This morning we set out on a walk around the neighborhood. It took two attempts, though, because the first time Accalia slipped on some ice that hadn't melted in a puddle and we had to go back inside to change clothes. And this afternoon we went to a park across from the hospital where she was born to play and feed the ducks and geese. Most of the playground equipment was surrounded by water and mud, but we had fun anyway. And the ducks and geese were definitely happy to see us. Accalia wanted to hold a duck but didn't seem to disappointed when I explained that we couldn't.