Hey there all! We've been busy living everyday life, with not a whole lot new going on, but trying to keep up with my little friend sure takes a lot of time and energy....especially now that she is 4!!!!
We weighed and measured her, and it always surprises me how fast and how much she is growing. She is now 35 pounds and a humongous 40 inches tall!!! My sweet husband was quick to point out when we measured her that I am only 24 inches taller than her......yikes! It is almost hard to find shirts and dresses that are long enough, while not being hugely baggy on her. I'm working on an Easter dress for her and while in circumference she is a size 4, in height, to get the right length, I had to do a size 7 length!!! Crazy!
Well, I wanted to put a couple quick stories on here, and then get going with our fun time for today. This morning my girl brought in her box of bean bags and told me she would play with them while I got dressed, and then I could help her get dressed. I thought that was an intriguing plan. She dumped out her box and tossed the bean bags around for a bit, and then set herself up in front of the door. She told me she had made up a game called 'toss and BOOM'. When I asked her what this game was she replied, "I'll teach it to you. First you take the bean bag in your hand. Then you toss it at the door and it goes BOOM, like this", then she moved the bean bag in slow motion as though it she was going to toss it, while making the sound effect, "Swish!". She said, "See, I'll show you, and then you can play with me." She proceeded to throw her bean bags at the door, where they forcefully struck, and indeed made a BOOM sound. Quite inventive....
And she has shown her brilliance off in others ways recently as well. Logan made her a jungle gym out of PVC pipe. She has really enjoyed getting to play on it and climb on it, and it makes for a really great piece of equipment to hang things on. She decided it would be a great place to pretend hanging laundry (she's seen people hang laundry on a line in books). She got her bag of dancing scarves and hung one on each part of her jungle gym. She has done this several times, and the other day while I was making dinner, she decided she needed to do a job too, and the pretend laundry was a perfect fit. I could see her working at the top of the structure while I was working, but wasn't paying 100% attention to what she was doing. I was confused though when I saw her climbing up the structure without a scarf in hand, but then she had one with her once she reached the top. I decided I needed to watch a bit more closely. This is what I found her doing:
Pick one up
climb to top
Utilize your toe skills
I have found her using her toes for many things like this lately, including playing Kerplunk, picking up things she has dropped on the floor, and even attempting to play the piano with them.....it is all very interesting.
She has also been working hard on learning the songs for the Primary program. She picks up on them so fast, as we practice at home, and she loves to go to the piano (her Daddy just built a stand and piano bench for the keyboard), open her song book, and play the piano while singing the songs she is practicing. It is so fun to hear her. The other day she went in her room and had her Little People friends line up and take turns singing the primary songs. It was so cute! Anyways, I had to get a video because she is so awesome!
Well, I wanted to put a couple quick stories on here, and then get going with our fun time for today. This morning my girl brought in her box of bean bags and told me she would play with them while I got dressed, and then I could help her get dressed. I thought that was an intriguing plan. She dumped out her box and tossed the bean bags around for a bit, and then set herself up in front of the door. She told me she had made up a game called 'toss and BOOM'. When I asked her what this game was she replied, "I'll teach it to you. First you take the bean bag in your hand. Then you toss it at the door and it goes BOOM, like this", then she moved the bean bag in slow motion as though it she was going to toss it, while making the sound effect, "Swish!". She said, "See, I'll show you, and then you can play with me." She proceeded to throw her bean bags at the door, where they forcefully struck, and indeed made a BOOM sound. Quite inventive....
And she has shown her brilliance off in others ways recently as well. Logan made her a jungle gym out of PVC pipe. She has really enjoyed getting to play on it and climb on it, and it makes for a really great piece of equipment to hang things on. She decided it would be a great place to pretend hanging laundry (she's seen people hang laundry on a line in books). She got her bag of dancing scarves and hung one on each part of her jungle gym. She has done this several times, and the other day while I was making dinner, she decided she needed to do a job too, and the pretend laundry was a perfect fit. I could see her working at the top of the structure while I was working, but wasn't paying 100% attention to what she was doing. I was confused though when I saw her climbing up the structure without a scarf in hand, but then she had one with her once she reached the top. I decided I needed to watch a bit more closely. This is what I found her doing:
Pick one up
climb to top
Utilize your toe skillsI have found her using her toes for many things like this lately, including playing Kerplunk, picking up things she has dropped on the floor, and even attempting to play the piano with them.....it is all very interesting.
She has also been working hard on learning the songs for the Primary program. She picks up on them so fast, as we practice at home, and she loves to go to the piano (her Daddy just built a stand and piano bench for the keyboard), open her song book, and play the piano while singing the songs she is practicing. It is so fun to hear her. The other day she went in her room and had her Little People friends line up and take turns singing the primary songs. It was so cute! Anyways, I had to get a video because she is so awesome!
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