She's precious! She's adorable! We love her, and she's two. If you ask her, she usually tells you she's three, but she is, in fact, two.
She is a talker. She picks up on vocabulary almost instantly. She and Archie can switch from babble to English now! It's pretty funny to hear some of the things they talk about. Today, he told her to be careful with her toy pet, Fat Rat, and keep up with it. "OK," she replied. She likes learning. She mastered the colors awhile ago and is working on her uppercase letters and counting. We'll do one morning of Mother's Day Out each week and one day of Bible study for social skills.
She's pretty much fearless. We go to the hotel pool nearly everyday, and she's not afraid to put her head under. The only things she's scared of are leaves floating on the surface and pretty much anything with four legs. I think I wish she would develop a little healthy fear (or caution)...
She's also fully potty trained other than the occasional accident. It's really nice to finally be diaper free! She likes to do things the grown up way, and got her toenails painted pink for the first time on her birthday. She also demands big kid toothpaste. I keep the amount less than pea sized because she doesn't quite have the spitting down...
Happy Birthday, little Princess!
Archie got to bring in donuts, tomatoes and bananas for his birthday. Our whole family came for snack.
They have all kinds of interesting work.
Archie loved show and tell. He, of course, brought in his guitar.
They have several class pets and are always hatching monarch butterflies.
Before the cake, we let Archie open his stomp rocket. After busting open the pinata, all the kids shot it off. We found it much less stressful and just as much fun as traditional party games.
This pinata was meant to withstand serious blows from school-agers. The preschool crowd had quite a time getting it busted open (and that WITHOUT blindfolds). Archie had been talking about a pinata for months. He fell in love immediately with the firetruck we selected together. (Grace has already decided she wants a fish one for her birthday NEXT year.)
I made his cake. (Hunt helped spread the icing around the sides.) My mom bought the cool ARCHIE candles. Because of the breeze, it was a bit tricky to keep them lighted.
Grace was so glad Memaw and Papa were there. It helped make the all-about-brother day a little more palatable for her :)
Archie loves being four already. So far, the highlight is 4-year-old preschool. He goes three days a week and would definitely go more if we would let him.
