Run Fox Run

Over the weekend, my mom took Leda and me to visit her family in Kansas. This was Leda’s first chance to meet her great grandmother, who at 89 still works the crossword in pen and clambers onto the floor to play “going night-night” with Leda, ignoring the raised eyebrows of her daughter and granddaughter. We also visited with Leda’s great great Aunt Erna and with her aunt Sara and uncle Al. Leda knew they were “great” even without being told. She was particularly enamored with their three dogs, chasing after them and calling to them when she wanted to read them a story.

A highlight was a multigenerational high tea in Wichita. Leda also loved splashing in the fountain at Wichita’s Riverside Park, playing and coloring with great grandma, monopolizing the Bethel College playground, and building Lego fortresses around the dogs.

Less than 2 months shy of her second birthday, Leda continues to amaze us with her expanding vocabulary, her nascent ability to share, and her bottomless appetite for Richard Scarry’s “Cars, Trucks, and Things that Go.” Check out the latest photos.