Moving up in the world!

It was a good day indeed for us all! Jeff was voted in for the school board and their proposals for lots of school improvements passed. Also, Walter and Rose E are now pleased to be cruising in style! Little Miss Rose E outgrew her baby car seat, so we upgraded Walter's into a booster and gave Rose E the old one. Walter got a kick out of helping Daddy put his together. He got out his plastic tools and worked right at his side. He was pumped to have reading lights attached to it (what they don't come up with) and a cup holder too. Rose E on the other hand was awe stricken by her new views on the way to the grocery store and story hour today!
The box that his car seat came in also provided great entertainment as Walter pretended to be a Jack in the box or a Walter in the box yesterday. I had to laugh though, because it got left in the kitchen and this morning Walter said real seriously "mama we have a problem, there's danger on the train track ( our kitchen floor has been deemed the train track)! I said what do you mean, he said there's a box in the way. Whose gonna put it in the basement?"

Yesterday the kids where in giggles as Walter shone a flash light around the room and would tell Rose E what he was pointing at. What is it with kids and light? It seems to be a pure fascination. Light was both Rose E and Walter's first sign and Rose E is constantly talking or signing about the lights. Lately I have been letting her flip the light switches and she just gets the biggest kick out of it.
Yesterday it was also cute because Walter and Jeff where goofing around with a balloon. They where hiding it from each other and bouncing it around. Anyway, Jeff rubbed it on his head and the static electricity allowed it to stick to the ceiling. Walter was then looking for it and said "where's mine balloon" and Rose E pointed to the ceiling! What a smarty. So today we where looking at a puzzle that Walter built (a 35 piecer that he proudly did on his own) and I said Rose E where is the train and she pointed right to it! She seems to be understanding everything! She also was mimicking Walter counting yesterday (most of the time he can count to 9 and sometimes 13) anyway her voice was going up and down and I could clearly make out 3 and 4. Yesterday too Jeff kissed her cheek and said "kiss you" and she repeated "kiss you!" Boy does she ever love that Daddy of hers! Today she crawled to the door when he was at work and said "Daddy, daddy?"
Lastly, I added this picture of this beehive ball toy that we played with today. Rose E was standing-up on her own and dancing to the music it made. She was also stooping down to put the ball into it. As you can see there is also an eagle sitting there. That is Walter's new eagle and he has named it Byrannas. Anyway, the balls that came with the toy have bees on them and Walter said that Byrannas was eating the bees. He also told me that Byrannas favorite thing to do is play with trains and cars. Who would have guessed!