Four Months

1-28-09
Paige's little world has completely changed in the last month! I am back at work, and she is now settled in at school. She has 3 friends in her baby class and is well taken care of by a sweet lady from our church. Steven gets to pick her up early on his 2 days off, and let her sleep in at home 1-2 days a week. She is doing very well, and we couldn't be more pleased with her daycare (which is extremely close to our house).

Do you think they make Rogaine for babies? Such a mean picture I know, but I just couldn't help it! She does not cry at night when she wakes up to eat; She turns her head from side to side until we hear her, and has rubbed all of those cute red curls plum off! I can't wait until it gets longer so that we can tell if her curls will stay. Maybe we will have the next "Annie" star on Broadway!

Inspired

Little Eryn met a "real author" today. She has developed quite an interest in writing stories, and this experience meant a lot to her. She writes mostly of mermaids and fairies, and seems to have a natural storytelling ability. She got a storybook kit from Uncle Todd and Christan for Christmas and has an ongoing story that she works on several days a week.
She skipped over the "I like" stories and went straight to her own narratives. I heard her at the table thinking outloud this week and as she said, "poof, she became a mermaid," she was writing that exact phrase! (My FBE girls would love the voice & word choice even if organization still needs some work!)
Susan Stevens Crummel presented an excellent show for the kids and I just loved what she told them at the end... "You guys better get busy writing and illustrating because I am getting old and we need new authors to put books on these shelves!" (she was speaking in the library)
The students were given the opportunity to order books and have them autographed; you are looking at one very excited young learner!

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