My little darling girl, Vanessa, is really taking off lately. She now goes potty everyday in her potty, several times a day. We are so PROUD of her and how easy she is making potty training. I think she could very easily have this down by the end of summer. She is also learning her alphabet, she named three letters to me today and that is all I had time to work with her so she may know more and I don't know yet. Hayden has learned and is now officially comfortable swimming underwater, so what did he do in the bath tonight? Teach her to put her face underwater and she LOVED it. I told him, I'm not quite ready for her to learn that...Panic was inside me the whole time she was doing it and she did it like 4 times.
Vanessa is also very smart, she catches on to things so quickly it amazes me. We were all playing legos and Hayden and I were building with small ones and Vanessa had big ones, well she came across a big lego that wasn't actually a lego...It was a piece from another company that somehow got in the lego box...imagine that...hehehe...Anyways, she looked at it and looked at me and shook her head no and gave it to me and continued building. She didn't say a word, just nodded to me that it wasn't the right kind of block and went on...How cute! I know that is something so little but it means the world to me and she was able to identify that right away.
Ever since she was a tiny little person, I would say around 5 months old, she could put her shirt on and put her arms in with no problem. I don't know how she learned but you basically stuck her shirt over her head and she did the rest. Well, she now undresses herself and can put her pants, socks and shoes all on herself. I still have to help some but she has it down pretty darn good. Of course, once in awhile you will see her with Hayden's underwear around her neck...LOL! What a kid!
I'm just so proud of her, she is just a delight to all of us and Hayden is a fantastic brother. He teaches her things all the time. He just taught her to throw a frisbee the other day and now she loves to do that. She is also doing great with throwing a ball. I'm really having so much fun with the kids lately. Hayden at swimming lessons went underwater four times and jumped off the diving board three and his confidence has gone through the roof...It's just fantastic.
So, my little girl is getting so big, my son is excelling more and more everyday. (Homeschooling is going great, he is up to reading 18 books a day with me!) We have spent quite a bit of time at the library lately, both of them just love it and with our colder weather I've taken advantage of the wonderful indoor activities in town.
As for me, I'm so busy with them I don't have much time for anything else although last night Brian and I went to our orientation for volunteering for the Arts Center. I'm so excited I could burst! They have so many cool things planned and I talked to the gal who plans all the events and classes and I gave her a few ideas and she put me on the committee. Brian said I was in my element and beaming. They want to get children's acting classes and have Shakespeare plays and artists are bringing work in for galleries. I told them all the many things I can do so they were very excited also. I told Brian I will do acting as well because I did it in college. How fun would that be!!!
They are bringing many different classes from sculpting to dance and I can teach too. I'm so giddy about it, I really am. This is just something I don't see me temporarily being involved in but for my lifetime or as long as we are in this town. Brian wants me to become a board member but I think I will start with being on a committee and doing a bunch of volunteer work, along with teaching or showing my own talents. I told them about my photography and graphic design work and I'm hoping my pieces can be showcased at some point.
I can already see my future, MOPS, kid's school involvement and the Arts Center...What a great lineup. Life just got even better!
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