Raina grows up, and it's bittersweet.
Raina has some crazy new accomplishments:
1. She has been able to identify her letters for quite a while now. This past week, she proved that she associates specific letters with specific people. She can identify her daycare buddies' artwork because of their names written on the paper. In addition, she was playing with her magnetic letters today and picked up the J and said "J is for Jadon. J is for Ms. Jenn." Ms. Jenn thinks Raina is a genius. We dispute that claim, but we do agree that she's wicked bright.
2. Needless to say, we immediately went to the library and got new books. This time we got the "easy readers" set, which has very simple and repeated words per page. Raina has been entranced by Scat, Cats! and is eager to help recite it and pick out the word cat on each page.
3. Combining the Whompton map theme and the Raina puzzle fascination, Raina received a USA map puzzle over the holidays. She delights putting the pieces in their appropriate spots, which is all standard for her. The new pleasure is that each piece represents a place with a name. She's learning her states. She readily identifies Missouri (on the puzzle map AND on the big maps in the house), knows that Emily lives in New York, that Papa Bill grew up in West Virginia, that the cousins live in Kentucky, that the Comptons live in Tennessee, and that North and South Dakota exist (she has a friend named Dakota).
4. We ran errands a lot today. Each time we'd park, Raina would say "Still in Missouri!" It sounds a lot like "sorry" when Raina says it, so this one took some time to figure out. We never expected to hear that phrase from her!
5. Raina decided to nap on her cot today, which she did with resounding success. So, tonight, she also proclaimed that she wanted to sleep on the cot -- not the baby crib. She even used the words "baby crib" even though we call it a bed. Well, Mom and Dad tried to negotiate with her, but she totally won. She's upstairs sleeping on her cot. I guess it's time to get our big girl a big girl bed.
We revel in her accomplishments every day, but some of them are bittersweet.
1. She has been able to identify her letters for quite a while now. This past week, she proved that she associates specific letters with specific people. She can identify her daycare buddies' artwork because of their names written on the paper. In addition, she was playing with her magnetic letters today and picked up the J and said "J is for Jadon. J is for Ms. Jenn." Ms. Jenn thinks Raina is a genius. We dispute that claim, but we do agree that she's wicked bright.
2. Needless to say, we immediately went to the library and got new books. This time we got the "easy readers" set, which has very simple and repeated words per page. Raina has been entranced by Scat, Cats! and is eager to help recite it and pick out the word cat on each page.
3. Combining the Whompton map theme and the Raina puzzle fascination, Raina received a USA map puzzle over the holidays. She delights putting the pieces in their appropriate spots, which is all standard for her. The new pleasure is that each piece represents a place with a name. She's learning her states. She readily identifies Missouri (on the puzzle map AND on the big maps in the house), knows that Emily lives in New York, that Papa Bill grew up in West Virginia, that the cousins live in Kentucky, that the Comptons live in Tennessee, and that North and South Dakota exist (she has a friend named Dakota).
4. We ran errands a lot today. Each time we'd park, Raina would say "Still in Missouri!" It sounds a lot like "sorry" when Raina says it, so this one took some time to figure out. We never expected to hear that phrase from her!
5. Raina decided to nap on her cot today, which she did with resounding success. So, tonight, she also proclaimed that she wanted to sleep on the cot -- not the baby crib. She even used the words "baby crib" even though we call it a bed. Well, Mom and Dad tried to negotiate with her, but she totally won. She's upstairs sleeping on her cot. I guess it's time to get our big girl a big girl bed.
We revel in her accomplishments every day, but some of them are bittersweet.
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