Sanctuary

How funny is THIS. You were running around the house this morning shouting SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!


that CRACKED me up.... ha.

Tying your Shoes~

Its amazing to me as a mother how you accomplish things. I don't purposefully force anything down your throat because I don't see the need to force any sort of knowledge on you. Learning should be joyous, spontaneous and desirable. When the right time comes all the accumulated knowledge clicks and you "get it". That being said, today you said to me, "Mom, tie my shoes... No WAIT. I can tie them myself. "

I was apprehensive and running late as usual so I said, "Let me do it. We are late. "

"No mom! I can do it! I did it yesterday. The way you showed me how was a much easier way. WATCH!"

You showed me how you tied the knot. Then you repeated the words and steps that I showed you a week ago. Success!!! You got it tied. One more step towards independence. With a double knot so that they stay "tighter" (you said).

Learning Rocks.

Thanksgiving

In Napa this year. It was beautiful. You were a little bored because there weren't any kids your age, but you were a GOOD kid!

Here is a picture of you and me playing Clue for the first time.



We had a lovely dinner. You stayed up late for 3 days in a row, sat by a bonfire and there was a trip to a working MILL! You loved that.



The trip home was exhausting, but we made it. You were in bed as soon as we hit the house. Good to be with family, then good to be home.

Now its time for SANTA!!! better be good...