Shapes and Colors

Maddy knows her shapes, color and is moving onto letters and numbers. Rita was right. She is exploding with abilities. She can tell us what each shape is - heart, circle, oval, octogon, triangle and square. She can tell us colors - orange, blue, purple, yellow, etc... She's working on her numbers. Tonight at dinner, she started just saying random numbers - actually counting by two's which was weird. I'm sure it was a fluke, but it was a cool fluke. Reagan would say one letter or number, and Maddy would repeat it. So cool!

Sidewalk chalk

Today was the first time both of the girls played with sidewalk chalk together. It worked out that we had two different boxes. Maddy was intrigued when I showed her what the chalk would do. It was cute. I outlined Reagan's body and feet. I did Maddy's feet a few times. Maddy mainly carried it around and messed up Reagan's stuff. Reagan actually drew some cool stuff.

Language is crazy

Maddy's language has just completely taken off. She is speaking very clearly and repeating just about every word out of my mouth. It just amazes me how much she learns every day. She can say cool things like orange, blue and purple. She can also name most of the cards in the deck. She's saying stuff like horse, apple and other words that just amaze me.

The other neat thing is that she's starting to work on her numbers and letters. She already knows her basic shapes and colors. I'm just amazed.

Reagan's prayer

Tonight, Reagan wanted to say the dinner-time prayer. She thanked God for her friends, her family, the outside and then blessed our food (and candy). I was so proud of her. She just spoke up and said "can I?" We promptly said yes.

The funny thing is Maddy is copying Reagan. She wanted to say a prayer too. It was not as clear, but she bowed her head, spoke some jibberish and then said mamen. :) Love my girls.

Swimmer girl

Reagan was amazing tonight while at swimming. She floated and kicked on her back all by herself tonight. It was just amazing. The teacher just looked over at me while she floated on by letting me know "she's doing this on her own". I got my video camera out then.

She then worked with her on turning over and swimming to the wall. That scared her a bit, but she still did fantastic. My little swimmer. :)

Leg Tunnel

Maddy has this thing about running in between my legs and running around and doing it again. She thinks it is the funniest thing. And her laugh is so intoxicating that I have to laugh right with her. Love her laugh.

Cockroach anyone?

When Jim picked Maddy up today, she was chewing on a cockroach. nice.