Lauren has had so many cute things to say lately, I can barely keep up!
-Her new thing is "voila!" which comes out as an enthusiastic "WA-LA!!" Not sure where she heard that one.
-We were putting her tub toys away and she said, "The truth is, this is my favorite one." To my complete lack of surprise, it was the pink one.
-Yesterday we were trying to get Lauren to clean her room. I was downstairs when Lauren came down to join me. After a few minutes, Jeremy came down as well. It turns out that she was hiding out downstairs, trying to avoid the cleaning. When we fussed at her for not doing as we'd asked, she starting telling me that Daddy was being "mean" to her and that "he told (her) to leave the house!" She is quick on her feet when she needs to be!
She still cleaned her room, by the way.
-She's all into telling knock-knock jokes right now, but they're not so... complete. They go something like:
L: Knock knock!
Me: Who's there?
L: (She looks around) Car.
Me: Car who?
L: Car... stinky feet! Don't touch the potty!
-She also tells everyone now that her name is Machine-La. Not sure where that came from, but it's her new name.
-She also is alternately into Friendship Day (complete with banners hung in the living room), her "first Easter hunt!", and going to Disneyworld. Sometimes she talks about all three at once. Between that and her new nickname, it makes conversations with other people quick interesting.
I'm really enjoying watching Lauren interact with the world. She is so creative and cute and way more outgoing than I was at that age. I think she's going to be great in kindergarten!
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Kindergarten Girl!
Yesterday Lauren and I got the paperwork all ready and went down to her future elementary school to get her all ready for Kindergarten. Can you believe it? She's now all registered and will hopefully begin full-day K in September.
If the school doesn't change things up, she'll have a very young male teacher named Mr. Villalobos, or Mr. V. I've heard really good things about him and think that Lauren will do well with a male teacher, so here's hoping things stay the same.
I tried to make a big deal out of all of this yesterday by talking it up and taking her for a special lunch. I think she's getting pretty excited. About an hour after we put her to bed last night, she got up, saying she couldn't sleep. I marched her back up to bed and told her to close her eyes and think of something. I suggested swimming, but she cut me off saying, "No. I want to think of Kindergarten." Isn't that sweet? She stayed in bed, too.
Speaking of swimming, Lauren is really doing well there. She just finished her first round of her P2 class and already has been promoted to P3. After three rounds of P1, I wasn't sure she'd make it out in just one, but she did! She's close to swimming independently; she can do a few strokes after her teacher gets her started and kind of pushes her off. She can also float front and back and can turn from one to the other. I'm really excited and proud to see how her skills have developed over time!
If the school doesn't change things up, she'll have a very young male teacher named Mr. Villalobos, or Mr. V. I've heard really good things about him and think that Lauren will do well with a male teacher, so here's hoping things stay the same.
I tried to make a big deal out of all of this yesterday by talking it up and taking her for a special lunch. I think she's getting pretty excited. About an hour after we put her to bed last night, she got up, saying she couldn't sleep. I marched her back up to bed and told her to close her eyes and think of something. I suggested swimming, but she cut me off saying, "No. I want to think of Kindergarten." Isn't that sweet? She stayed in bed, too.
Speaking of swimming, Lauren is really doing well there. She just finished her first round of her P2 class and already has been promoted to P3. After three rounds of P1, I wasn't sure she'd make it out in just one, but she did! She's close to swimming independently; she can do a few strokes after her teacher gets her started and kind of pushes her off. She can also float front and back and can turn from one to the other. I'm really excited and proud to see how her skills have developed over time!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Not the star of the show
Today we had Andrew baptized at Holy Rosary. Lauren got to come up to the front of the church with us and hold the candle. The priest asked each family in turn to name their child in front of the congregation. We said Andrew's name and Lauren immediately turned to Jeremy and said, "Wait! You have two kids! You forgot one!" He tried to quiet her, but she kept saying it louder and louder. She finally settled down, just short of going down and telling the priest herself.
She also got upset at the end of the service, after we had lit the candle as part of the baptism. She asked to blow it out, but in our haste to get back to our seats, Jeremy ended up blowing it out himself. She LOST it, doing the whole arching and crying thing down the aisle. She spent most of the rest of the service underneath the pew, crying to herself.
You take the spotlight off her for one second and see what happens!
Honestly, though, she's been fantastic about sharing everything with her brother. She has surpassed my expectations. I think today we just didn't quite prepare her for what would happen and she was surprised. She's the most loving, sweetest big sister ever, and Andrew is a very lucky little boy!
She also got upset at the end of the service, after we had lit the candle as part of the baptism. She asked to blow it out, but in our haste to get back to our seats, Jeremy ended up blowing it out himself. She LOST it, doing the whole arching and crying thing down the aisle. She spent most of the rest of the service underneath the pew, crying to herself.
You take the spotlight off her for one second and see what happens!
Honestly, though, she's been fantastic about sharing everything with her brother. She has surpassed my expectations. I think today we just didn't quite prepare her for what would happen and she was surprised. She's the most loving, sweetest big sister ever, and Andrew is a very lucky little boy!
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