Child emerges from cabinet after 10 seconds in captivity...

Please don't call DFS, she actually LIKES getting in the cabinet.

No pictures, just words this week. Fitting because Tess spent last weekend at the Mountains and Plains booksellers trade show in Denver, helping (?) Grandma Curtis. While in Denver, she pretty much perfected use of a spoon or fork, although she used the utensil to carefully remove from her plate what she didn't want (hamburger) and her fingers to eat what she did want (watermelon.) She also was the highlight of the party when she kicked it up on the dance floor to the honky tonk music of Ethyl and the Regulars. She picked out a tonka truck and other toys while she was in the big city. Her and dad like to play ball and all else is well .

Busy as a Bee

Tess has been busy! Over Labor Day weekend, she went to the Denver Zoo with mom and Grammy Curtis. She enjoyed looking at all the wild critters and the wilder people. She understood to find the animals, but almost every animal is a "cow" in her book. She also got to ride on the "choo" train and the carousel. She rode the hyena, and was impressed.

This weekend she was able to attend the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame induction and honor her Great Grandfather Doc Palen who not only was a lifelong supporter of Frontier Days, but was also the resident vet and vital to the acquisition of many of the carriages and other items within the Old West Musuem. Afterwards she shared some blueberry pie and apple brown betty with her Grumpa and Grandma Palen.

While in Cheyenne, she visited Dr. Yost who confirmed she is the perfect 15 month old, weighing in at 23 pounds and 31 inches, she is in the 50% percentile. Her head circumference, however, is the 90th percentile, which surely means she has lots of brains.