carter is 'putting' now. he has moved on from taking things out of containers, to putting things back in containers. and he is into giving. he will hold his treasure up, say 'ish' and then hold it out to you.

today was a mellow mother's day--peter, ava, carter and i all piled into the car at 10:30 and headed to the grocery store. we arrived at 2. we stopped at all of the usual stops: the airport, the playground, the airport, the gas station, the hardware store, and so on. i think ava was just thrilled to have daddy on our errands. and so was mom. so much easier to assign an adult to each child! i did not get the nap i sort of longed for, but that's ok, i'll get it eventually. perhaps in november. but i got to sit in the car and read the ny times while carter slept and dad played with ava at the playground. a real treat. especially since it was the sunday times.

my only wish is that the weather had been better.

oh, and cathy: so sorry about the fire alarm--i will try to call you back soon--the thing is so sensitive and i can never cook anything in the oven!