After running errands in the morning and playing outside a bunch in the chilly fall weather, Matt took Anna on an off-roading tractor ride around the yard and slightly into the field. Both participants had hearing protection, but I think Matt enjoyed the experience more than Anna. The only time she really smiled was when she saw me waving at her.
Then yesterday evening we decided to carve the big pumpkin that came out of our garden. Anna was not exactly sure what to do with the pumpkin for a long time.
She watched me as I pulled out seeds, but adamantly shook her head no when I'd ask her if she wanted to put her hand in. Finally she thought it was her job to take the seeds I'd pulled out and put them back IN to the pumpkin.
For those of you who didn't know, Anna's been pretty sensative to loud, unexpected noises so we try to prepare her if something is going to be loud. But now she recognizes it when we say, "This is going to be loud, Anna" and starts crying before she even hears it. Anyway, as you can see in the next picture, Matt prefers to carve pumpkins with power tools (it really works better!) and when we were prepping Anna for the noise, she started crying. But after the jigsaw actually started, she realized it wasn't that loud after all and went over to check on Daddy to see what he was doing. Every time she's seen the pumpkin so far since we carved it, she's gotten really excited and waved at it :)
