For a few days now Sebastain has been doing some serious work out on the deck. This work includes: a tin bucket of water, a stick, leaves and petunias. Someone's gotta do it. Aside from dismantling the (non)hanging basket and splashing the water, there has been a lot of sniffing the concoction, sniffing the bean plant and sniffing the flowers. But there have also been breaks to eat tomatoes off the vine and chew on tough bean stalks which were not left there to be eaten but to dry out for next year's seeds (ahem).
But this concoction business has lead to a lot of signing practice. This is the typical "conversation" we have out on the deck these days: patting his chest,  point to palm, finger to mouth which translates to... "help! more! water!" The "help" and "book" signs seem to be his favourite these days. We read so.many.books a day. I guess that makes sense if you know his parents...