Night Out

Last night Meg and enjoyed a nice night out with her friends. Henry and I bonded at home. We finished dinner together and then played. I'm not sure why, but for some reason he seems to eat better when just one of us is eating with him. We had a good time playing with his trains. He's been really into his "new-to-him" Thomas the Train set.

I searched a big bunch of pennies. 13,900 of them produced seventy-seven Wheats, ninety-seven Canadians, six US dimes, one Bermuda 1¢, one Ireland 1 pence and one Panama 1¢. Included in the mix was a 2009D Log Cabin penny. That's a new one for me. The Wheats were:

1912, 1920, 1935, 1936, 1939(2), 1940, 1941(2), 1942(4), 1944(10), 1944S, 1945(3), 1945S, 1946(4), 1947(2), 1948(3), 1949, 1949S, 1950, 1951, 1951S, 1952, 1952D, 1953D(2), 1954, 1954D, 1955(2), 1955D, 1956, 1956D(5), 1957, 1957D(10), 1958, 1958D

That's just the third 1912 Wheat I've found.

My coin report ...

6,320 quarters turned up one silver Washington (1964D), twelve Canadians, two US nickels, one US penny and one Indian 1 Rupee. That's the first silver quarter I've found in about one month!

8,050 dimes yielded two silver Rosies (1962, 1964), nineteen Canadians, one US penny, two Bermuda 10¢ and one washer.

2,560 nickels produced six Canadians (3 Ni) and one Vietnam 500 Dong. That's the first coin from Vietnam for me. It felt good to find that one.



4,500 pennies rounded up twenty Wheats, thirty-three Canadians, two US dimes, one UK 1 pence and one Ireland 1 pence. The Wheats were:

1942(3), 1944(2), 1945, 1946(3), 1947, 1951, 19051D, 1952D, 1955, 1956, 1956D(2), 1957D(2)

I did OK with last night's coins.

3,840 quarters produced five Canadians, three Bermuda 25¢, four US nickels and one Ecuador 25¢.

50 dimes had nothing.

4,800 nickels yielded two Buffalos (dateless), two War Times (1943P), eleven Canadians, two Bermuda 5¢, one Kenya 50¢ and a Italy 50 Lire. The Italian coin is a new type for me. One of the War Times was at the end of a machine wrapped roll. I think that's a first for me, if not it's a pretty rare occasion.





2,650 pennies turned up fifteen Wheats, nineteen Canadians and one US dime. The Wheats were:

1926, 1934, 1938, 1940S, 1941, 1942(2), 1944, 1948, 1951, 1952D, 1954, 1956D(2), 1957, 1957D

A teller saved one Wheat for me, a 1952D.

At the Pond

To beat the heat this weekend we took Henry to a nearby State Park after church on Sunday. We went with his grandparents. At the park they have a little beach that's at the edge of a pine forest. It's a really nice spot. We went early and didn't stay that long, but Henry had plenty of time in the water and got a chance to explore the woods a bit. He did really well in the pond. He was really brave and walked in pretty far while holding Meg's hand. He really liked being carried about and being spun around by her. We can't wait to go back there.







Otherwise it was a pretty low key, but cranky weekend for us. Henry said quite a few new words, "kitty" and "train" are two I remember. His words and letters are coming pretty quickly these days.



I did well with my coin searching.

25 small dollars didn't produce anything.

8,000 half dollars yielded nineteen 90% silver halves (1943, 1952D, 1958D, 1962, 1963, 14 x 1964), forty-three 40% silver halves (1965, 7 x 1966, 12 x 1967, 18 x 1968D, 5 x 1969D), three proofs (1883S, 1985S, 1986S) and six mint set halves (2002P, 2003D, 2004D, 2 x 2005P, 2005D). I still need the 1984S proof half, getting those three 80's proof halves is about as close as one can get ... or so it seemed.

1,000 quarters had nothing.

840 nickels turned up one Canadian, one UK 20 pence (1983), one US dime and a nice clipped nickel.

10,450 pennies rounded up seventy Wheats, eighty-one Canadians, eighteen US dimes, two UK pennies (1984, 1996), one Dominican Republic 1 Centavo, one Bermuda 1¢ and one Barbados 1¢. The Wheats were:

1918, 1934, 1935, 1941(4), 1942(2), 1943, 1944(9), 1944D, 1945(2), 1946(5), 1946D, 1946S, 1947(2), 1948(3), 1949(2), 1950S, 1951D(3), 1952D, 1953(2), 1953D(3), 1955(3), 1956(3), 1956D(4), 1957(4), 1957D(5), 1958(3), 1958D(3)

Found: 1 penny (at the State Park)

O

Last night Meg made us a good looking meal (and tasty!), beet risotto. It had the color of candy. Henry "helped" spin the greens. While Meg and I were finishing up supper Henry played with his letters and numbers. I took a good video of him saying "O" and showing us various magnets. We don't really know why, but he seems to love letters and numbers. He woke up this morning and couldn't wait to finish his milk just to play with them.









I did fairly well with the coins I searched last night and this morning.

2,360 quarters produced six Canadians, one Bahamas 25¢ and one US nickel. Bummer, no silver quarter, again.

5,100 dimes turned up seven silvers (1940S, 1957, 1962D, 2 x 1963D, 1964, 1964D), three Canadians, two US pennies, one Cayman Islands 5¢ and one Malaysia 10 Sen. The 1940S is the first new Mercury dime I've found since November. the Malaysian coin is the first one from that country I've found in a roll.

3,320 nickels yielded two War Times (1943P, 1944P), eighteen Canadians, two US dimes and one Bahamas 5¢.

Found: 2 pennies (1 at Costco, 1 at Stop & Shop)

The Radio

Last night Henry and I played upstairs before bed, while Meg went to get our farm share. He showed his new tricks. He can now close himself inside of the closet (kind of dangerous), run his had across the banister posts to make a neat sound and use my clock radio. He can actually turn it on and off consistently. He knows the right buttons to push when I command him! I wanted to get a video of it, but I knew as soon as I left the room to get the camera he wouldn't be into it. Oh well, next time.

My coins were OK last night.

2,000 quarters turned up just six Canadians. My search for the 108th silver quarter goes on. I haven't found one yet this month.

2,000 dimes produced three silver Rosies (1947, 1954S, 1963), nine Canadians and one UK 5 pence.

800 nickels had just six Canadians (1 Ni).

2,000 pennies yielded forty-seven Wheats, thirty-nine Canadians and three US dimes. A couple of rolls had a lot of common Wheats in them. The Wheats were:

1934, 1937, 1940(3), 1941(2), 1944(5), 1945, 1946, 1948(3), 1950(2), 1952, 1952D, 1953(4), 1953D, 1955, 1956, 1956D(5), 1957, 1957D, 1958(3), 1958D(7)

E!

Yesterday Meg took Henry to small zoo and water park. It was a good way to beat the heat and because they went early not too many people there. They met up with their friends there. Meg told me Henry wasn't that into the animals and was a bit scared of their noises ('a bit louder than the noises Mommy and Daddy make for such animals,' she said), but Henry was into the splash park. I'm surprised she didn't join him under the sprinklers. It must have been tempting.








Henry and his buddies Owen and Griffin.



The face-off ... or, "Where did the water go?"

There were two good developments in the evening. Meg asked Henry if he wanted chicken and he repeated the word back to her. Later after dinner. Henry said "E!" a couple of times and pointed at his cup. Meg walked over to him and saw that he was indeed pointing to the letter "E" on his cup! She drew him a few more letters and he pointed at them when we asked him a letter. He seems to get "B" and "E" the best.



Here's Henry right after he took his shirt off on Sunday.

I just searched some pennies last night. My usual Tuesday bank didn't have any customer coin for me this week. 5,000 pennies turned up thirty-nine Wheats, one hundred sixteen Canadians and one Swedish 50 ore. The Wheats were:

1929, 1940(2), 1941(2), 1942, 1944(2), 1944S, 1945(2), 1946(4), 1946D, 1947, 1953(2), 1953D(2), 1955(6), 1957, 1957D(2), 1958D

Found: 3 pennies (1 at Costco, 2 at work), 1 dime (at work), 1 quarter (at work)