As the summer is ending the schools are in session now and there are much fewer big kids at the park. But that also means that the extra fun things at the park (like the Splash Park and the Carousel are closed up). There's still a lot to enjoy. Charity likes to take her puppy, Jack, to the park with her. 
Charity's working on potty training. So, far I'm wishing I could just send her off to a special potty training school/day camp. When she gets caught at random times getting into things in the bathroom that she knows she shouldn't be in, she'll run over to her potty and pretend this is what she was doing the whole time. Little smart'alec!
She is definitely showing that the big "2" is nearly here. She's getting more and more independent and more and more bossy each day. We can't wait until this little defiant stage is through.
She also has been watching Baby Signing time (and lots of it). It's not only giving her new ways to communicate using her hands, but she's doing much better at her verbal words and sentences.
