This post is from my daughter Isabel. My name is Isabel Iona Scharpe. I really love my papa. He told me a joke one day about some peanuts. I really liked it and this is what it is. Two peanuts were walking down the street and one was assaulted. I am now in pre-school and love going. We play games and do other fun things like make trees, play with playdough, make red things, and play with toys. I even learn stuff there like painting, the abc's, and numbers. I know how to spell my name. I love papa.
Gabriel loves the pool! Yesterday the water was a bit cold and he was only too content to sit on my towel and eat crackers. He is too too cute! When we got home, I was putting all the swimmming gear away and looked to see what he was up to. Sure enough, Gabe is up on the bottom stair! He just decided he wanted to climb the stairs by himself and went right ahead and did it. He is so fast- like he has been doing it forever! Of course, his sisters think it is the most amazing thing a baby has ever done and continue to lure him up the stairs every few minutes. I have to invest in a gate of some sort or I'll never get anything done! He is growing too fast! 
