The rest of the week apparently just got away from me - at least with my blog writing. Since I'm up early with Cole (as usual), I thought I'd better update all of you. We're going to be gone much of the day doing a bit of holiday shopping in the bustling city of Sioux City, Iowa.

Let's see. On Wednesday, we went to story time and then to my co-Leader's house for a couple hours. On Thursday, we drove off to Mitchell to spend the night at my friend Sara's house. She was having an Usborne Books party that night, and I wanted to go but didn't want to drive home later at night, so I took the easy way out . Well, and since it has been months and months since I've been to Mitchell, it was about time to go. Accalia had a great time playing with Taylor (Sara's older daughter), and I spent most of my time keeping Cole from hitting her younger daughter on the head.

Cole appears to be a very, um, tactile greeter. I don't know why he feels the need to pat some children on the head each time he passes them, but he does. The funny thing is that he pats them like he pats Lucy, and he's much more gentle patting Lucy than he was when he started out. Each time Cole gives one of him pats, I'll always demonstrate a more gentle touch - "Soft touch, Cole," I say as I take his hand and stroke it against my face. Now when I do that Cole will smile big, give me a hearty pat right away and then give me a gentle stroke. LOL! He's on the right track.

Continuing on with the rest of the week...Friday we returned home to Yankton and really didn't do much after that. Cory watched The Hulk last night, and Accalia caught snatches of it when Bruce was changing into The Hulk. "He's soooo angry, Mommy" was Accalia's comment.

I'm off to rescue Cole from a pile of puzzle pieces.