Rocks are Out, Acorns are In

Piper has declared rock collecting as "so yesterday's news" and has moved on to collecting acorns. She's so low to the ground so she can quickly spot them and round up handfuls in no time. She recently recruited Grammi and FaFa into her acorn collecting adventures and they spent a good part of this last weekend "scouting" the yard and tree limbs for acorn treasures.


She also has become quite interested in the cactus that are growing on our property. We've talked several times about "Don't touch", but there seems to be a magnet of sorts on the end of her index finger that just draws her to the cactus. We often know she is about to touch one because we here her say "Don't touch", as she is touching it. Generally what ensues next is that she has some very fine cactus thorns on the end of her finger which leads her to extending it while fighting tears. Usually a round a kisses ("tissies") from whoever is there is enough to take care of her finger and then she's back to exploring again.