yellow

hello! we're back from nj, where we ate lots of turkey, pie, and other goodies. aubrey did well on both the ride down and the ride back (the ride back was very loooooong on account of wretched driving conditions). she also was an angel about bedtime and slept through the nite, every nite! hooray! she wasn't much for napping, however. on thanksgiving day, there was so much excitement (mostly involving a mini yorkie who came to grandma and grandpa's for the day and whith whom aubrey was smitten) that she didn't take a nap at all. this resulted in a mega meltdown around 5:00 pm, so we stuck her in the bathtub to relax, gave her a light dinner and she was asleep on my shoulder by 6:30 and went to bed without having her evening sippy cup of milk. and then she slept until 7:30! ah. so nice.

the day after thanksgiving we all took a stroll up to town to check out some local toy shops and have a bite to eat for lunch. then we headed over to the little petting zoo that was set up in a little park in front of the town municipal building. aubrey LOVED seeing and feeding all of the (incredibly fat) farm animals. i found it so amusing...seeing all of these farm animals tethered up in a parking lot in such an urban setting. poor things. at least they seemed to enjoy all of the food that was waived infront of their eager faces by willing little hands. hmmm.

so...aubrey is starting to learn colors! she has successfully mastered yellow, or, as she says it, "yay-yoh." soooooo cute! i'm pretty sure she can also distinguish red, blue and green, but she doesn't verbally indicate which color is which unless prompted. we're getting there!