Samantha will turn 5 in June. Almost every day I see her preschool self slipping away and I rarely get a glimpse of her toddler. There are times I find myself just amazed and fascinated to watch her development. There are times I want to be able to hold her and have her head fit in the crook of my neck just one more time. There are almost no temper tantrums any more. Her whining has both been minimized and perfected. She has the annoying high frequency down pat. The way she moves has changed. She’s smoother, more deliberate, and [...]
Girl
I’ve mentioned before that I love watching the process of language acquisition. I think it’s so cool to see how children learn an entire language from just hearing it and how they go through the same stages, babbling, single words, short sentences, long sentences, and even nuances. Samantha is learning some nuances right now, and they’re hilarious. She’s picking up colloquialisms from various people. She’s learned how to throw an uff-da into the conversation appropriately from me (that would be Norwegian and commonly heard in Minnesota). I’ve discovered it’s not that easy to use correctly. My husband tries sometimes. He [...]
Ella @ School
When I picked the girls up last Thursday, Sammy’s teacher practically ran me down. She is generally excitable, but today her arms were waving even more emphatically than usual when she spoke. “Ella had a little melt down today!” She went on to explain that when asked to wash her hands, Ella had said no. She was told she should, but no one could make her. So she didn’t and stood with her arms crossed in the bathroom doorway. When told that although she did not have to wash her hands, she did have to move out of the doorway. [...]
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