Grandpa taught Sylvan the fine sport of thumb wrestling. The Japanese maple in our yard turns the most beautiful red in the fall. I took these pictures at the height of its color. The next day, it rained really hard and all the leaves fell off, making our yard covered in red. Sylvan also decided to see how the world looked from inside her laundry hamper. We only took one picture on Thanksgiving, and here it is. I think the turkey was one of my best yet. Sylvan wore her dress from Indonesia. Thanksgiving weekend we took Sylvan to a huge new park that opened nearby. She loves all the neat features this park has.
