A little of this and a little of that...

Hmmm...seems like there's lots I could share, just not sure where to begin. Maybe a numbered list is the way to go this time.

1. I've been teaching Meg to read. I promise I'm not being that pushy teacher-mom person, it's just that she's interested and eager, so I feel guilty ignoring her urge. We have letters on the fridge and I make consonant-vowel-consonant words for her to sound out. She know most all of the letter sounds pretty well and we keep practicing those tricky vowels. So far words like bat, sat, sit, pig, gum, pin, etc...are a piece of cake. She even recognized a couple of them in a Dora book I read before bed the other night. With the craziness in my own classroom at school this year, it's nice to know I really can teach someone, something important.

2. Right this very second she keeps repeating...."Who farted? Who farted?" She's obsessed with farting right now. **That's even a word she spells on the fridge on her own and sounds out!** Let's keep our fingers crossed she doesn't show that one off in preschool someday. She asked me a little bit ago why her farts smelled bad. I'm ready for this gross phase to pass.

3. The new babysitter is still as amazing as ever. Meg takes a great nap there. She even tells me how comfy Miss Beth's nap bed is for her. They have an awesome play set and they do at least one craft everyday. Most days it's two. And....Meg loves her food. Yesterday she ate 9, yes 9, fish sticks and two bowls of macaroni! OINK OINK!

4. She has figured out how to tilt her head to the side and bat her eyes to try and get what she wants. She even realizes what this is supposed to do for her. She even said the other day, "Mommy! Didn't you seeeeeeeeeeee my eyesssss!!!"

5. Finally...her memory. We were driving by Lilly's the other day and she said to Greg and I, "It's too bad that won't be Lilly's anymore, what's it gonna be?" Neither one of us could figure it out after a few attempts, so she let it go. On the way home when we passed she yelled out, "I remember! Covance!" We both just stared at each other dumbfounded and told her she was right. Amazing.