Mom said Joan is home now. That is good news! Hopefully now she'll get stronger each day and be back to normal very soon.

Talked to Mom and Dad a bit last night. The kids enjoyed saying hi. Hanna is going to be a phone talker. She'll pick up most any toy and hold it to her ear and pretend to talk, and she likes talking on the real phone, and hearing voices in her ear.

Dropped the kids off at Sue's house this morning. Hopefully it will be a better day than last time!

Was asking the John the other day if he likes to go swimming in the lake, and he said something to the effect "water scare you." He still remembers his little scare when he went under the water. I suppose having a respect for the water is a healthy thing. It'll be better once they learn how to swim and he is more confident again.

Hanna will say "nooooo" now if you give her something to eat that she doesn't want. Yesterdat John was on the couch and had his toe in his mouth, and Hanna was on the couch with him, and she saw that and then stuck her toe in her mouth and kept an eye on John. She is such an imitator and loves to do what he does. At the park last night John climbed up this curly-Q ladder, and Hanna saw that and of course wanted me to help her up the ladder. I always tell John he is a big boy to go up that tough ladder, and that Hanna is too little, so now when John is climbing it he'll often say "Hanna is too little to climb".