Finally, a day off! After walking down to Trieste and then back home, Austin pretty much exhausted himself into a nap, which I am taking advantage of right now. Of course I should probably be scraping the rice cereal off the kitchen floor instead of noodling about on the computer, but Austin's public has a need to know what's up with possibly the World's most cheerful walker.

On our way down the hill, he waved to every person, bird, cat and piece of trash he saw on the street while he held one of my hands as he toddled. At Trieste he wiggled in my arms while I drank my coffee and then we walked home while he waved continuously, whether there was a kitty in sight or not, all the way up the hill.

Austin seems to have a stuffy nose, which perfect strangers just love to point out to me wherever we go. Please note that I do try to keep my son's nose clean whenever possible but sometimes other things are just more important...like playing or reading or walking about with a stick, poking at things. The next time somebody tells me that Austin has a runny nose I am going to ask if I can use the sleeve of his or her snot-free shirt to wipe it up.