Creativity

I let Anna play with crayons finally. She did great! Afterwards there were only a few crayon marks on the table, a few crayons on the floor, and none eaten!! That is pretty good for a 17 month old I think. Anna always loves to do what her sisters do, so sitting at the table with them and coloring was so much fun for her. The expression on her face when I sat her down in Audrey's booster seat and handed her a crayon was so cute!!!

Audrey is on the verge of discovering just what she can do with markers and crayons. Some days she will just make tons of circles like this picture, but other days she will draw a spider or something like that. It so fun to watch her use her imagination, and then see her put it down on paper.






Abby has figured it out! I was so proud the day she came to me and showed a drawing of a person she had just done. Now look at what she can do. She even writes her name on most drawings. A few days ago she drew a picture of Sasha and Grace and then asked me what letters to write so she could put their names above their pictures. She recognizes most of the alphabet and can write most of them as well.

I am so proud of all three of my girls. It amazes me how much they learn in such a short amount of time. Anna is discovering that she can talk to us now. She doesn't have to scream to get her point across any more, some of the time at least. She is such a happy little girl. Always smiling. She never lets anyone get away with being unfair to her. She lets out a scream that the whole world can here if you try. I guess that's what comes with being the youngest of three kids. Audrey is turning 3 in 5 days. She is no longer my little baby. She doesn't wear diapers at all anymore, is learning how to ride a big girl bike, fills up her own cup of water at the fridge, and can carry on a conversation with you. Abby... is a sweetie, so sensitive, caring, loves to play and always complains that we didn't do anything fun all day. Even if we just got back from doing something fun. I was disappointed that she didn't make the kindergarten cut off date. She would have thrived in the school setting. She loves to be around other kids and loves to learn. We are all settling in at our new home. Life is beginning to take on a new normalcy. We are all making friends and life isn't so hectic anymore. Our new life has begun...

coffee

It's always a struggle to get from my car to my house when I have all three kids with me. Today I decided it would be a good idea to put my almost empty coffee cup into my diaper bag so I would have less to carry. All was going well. Abby helped Audrey open up the car door after she forgot to bring her sweat shirt that I had just told her to grab. Abby even listened to me when I told her not to open the house door until I got there so the cat wouldn't dart out. The problem arose when Audrey and Anna were busy looking in the window instead of getting inside like I told them to. Our cat has discovered how much fun it is to be outside so any chance she gets she is gone. If I am fast enough I can reach down and tackle her so she doesn't escape. Today I did it, but as I was leaning down to get her something from above started pouring all over my back!!! At first I thought that water had some how gotten under our covered porch and some how on top of the door or something. Then I remembered... I got the kids inside and then put down the diaper bag and saw my coffee cup... All the thick chocolaty part at the bottom of my mocha was now all over my brand new light pink shirt, oh and the tank top under that, and all down my back and arm... ugh... and there is a moment in the life of Mary.