Bella is really starting to come into her own. She likes to draw pictures (coloring in the lines amazingly for a 4 year old), sing songs (she knows all the words to The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow from Annie), pester her sister (she's very good at it!), and bake with Mommy. Yesterday she made muffins for Victoria as an after school treat. I enjoy spending one on one time with her the days when Victoria is in school- although I do still miss Victoria. I can't wait for Thanksgiving week- some good PJ/movie cuddling, lots of art projects, and fun time with both of them.
Victoria and Bella have been playing together nicely (except for the one week when they both had a cold and were grumpy.) They like to play dress up and pretend a lot, mainly princess and school teacher scenarios. Yesterday, they paraded around as Indians and showed us an Indian dance that they made up. They also like to dress up their dolls and stuffed animals with hair clips and outfits. Every weekend they ask me to wear a little makeup. I say yes, as long as it's the weekend and we can wipe it off if we go somewhere. It's a 3 baby wipe kind of moment when Victoria does your face :)
School and gymnastics have been really good for Victoria. She loves to go to school- loves to learn new things and hang with her friends. She has had two after school playdates with her best friend Bentley so far. Although, I wish she would like to do her homework a little more- it's like pulling teeth to get her to read, even though she's good at it- she has moved up two reading levels in the first 9 weeks. I think she just doesn't like taking the time to sound out words; she likes the easy reading books:) Yesterday, we went to a park and Victoria was able to do the monkey bars all by herself- she was beaming. I was so proud of her. She did it 20 times then tried to show Bella how to do it by playing gymnastic teacher. She also can now officially do a great "Bridge" (hands and feet on the ground with belly in the air) all by herself. Now she is learning on flipping over in the Bridge position. Victoria has also been really good at her artwork and drawing things realistically.
Yesterday Bella came up to me and said- I bet I can make you laugh! I said- okay. She runs into the other room, grabs a piece of Trident gum, breaks it in two and sticks it in her mouth to look like teeth. Yes, she made me laugh! Like I said, she is coming into her own. Gymnastics has also been good for Bella. I am very impressed with her arm strength. She has great ability in pulling herself up on a bar and doing a flip. Yesterday she did one all by herself (with the teacher standing/ guarding her JIC). Bella likes school okay. She use to like it more, until one of her best friends Sophie moved away. She always has had fun when I pick her up, but when I drop her off in the mornings, she says she doesn't want to go. I think she'd rather stay home with me. I remind her how much she likes her teacher Mrs. Shannon and her other friend Charlie and how Mommy is going to be doing boring things like going grocery shopping and doing chores. She happily jumps out of the car.
Bella is really starting to come into her own. She likes to draw pictures (coloring in the lines amazingly for a 4 year old), sing songs (she knows all the words to The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow from Annie), pester her sister (she's very good at it!), and bake with Mommy. Yesterday she made muffins for Victoria as an after school treat. I enjoy spending one on one time with her the days when Victoria is in school- although I do still miss Victoria. I can't wait for Thanksgiving week- some good PJ/movie cuddling, lots of art projects, and fun time with both of them.
Victoria and Bella have been playing together nicely (except for the one week when they both had a cold and were grumpy.) They like to play dress up and pretend a lot, mainly princess and school teacher scenarios. Yesterday, they paraded around as Indians and showed us an Indian dance that they made up. They also like to dress up their dolls and stuffed animals with hair clips and outfits. Every weekend they ask me to wear a little makeup. I say yes, as long as it's the weekend and we can wipe it off if we go somewhere. It's a 3 baby wipe kind of moment when Victoria does your face :)
School and gymnastics have been really good for Victoria. She loves to go to school- loves to learn new things and hang with her friends. She has had two after school playdates with her best friend Bentley so far. Although, I wish she would like to do her homework a little more- it's like pulling teeth to get her to read, even though she's good at it- she has moved up two reading levels in the first 9 weeks. I think she just doesn't like taking the time to sound out words; she likes the easy reading books:) Yesterday, we went to a park and Victoria was able to do the monkey bars all by herself- she was beaming. I was so proud of her. She did it 20 times then tried to show Bella how to do it by playing gymnastic teacher. She also can now officially do a great "Bridge" (hands and feet on the ground with belly in the air) all by herself. Now she is learning on flipping over in the Bridge position. Victoria has also been really good at her artwork and drawing things realistically.
Yesterday Bella came up to me and said- I bet I can make you laugh! I said- okay. She runs into the other room, grabs a piece of Trident gum, breaks it in two and sticks it in her mouth to look like teeth. Yes, she made me laugh! Like I said, she is coming into her own. Gymnastics has also been good for Bella. I am very impressed with her arm strength. She has great ability in pulling herself up on a bar and doing a flip. Yesterday she did one all by herself (with the teacher standing/ guarding her JIC). Bella likes school okay. She use to like it more, until one of her best friends Sophie moved away. She always has had fun when I pick her up, but when I drop her off in the mornings, she says she doesn't want to go. I think she'd rather stay home with me. I remind her how much she likes her teacher Mrs. Shannon and her other friend Charlie and how Mommy is going to be doing boring things like going grocery shopping and doing chores. She happily jumps out of the car.
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