Reagan's first splinter

Poor little Reagan got a splinter from my parent's deck tonight. Ugh. It didn't really bother her too much, but it was deep into her big toe and we were worried about it getting infected. As daring as she is, she was petrified to have us work on it. We had to hold her down and talk with her. I bribed her with a new stuffed animal (saved for these occasions). I bargained and all sorts of things. She wanted nothing to do with it. She cried so much we thought she'd puke. She almost did. Jim volunteered his hat. That made her laugh.

In the end, she was scared. She was scared it was going to hurt. There was no logic, just mommy and daddy coming at her with a needle and a pair of tweezers. She freaked out like any normal kid. I think the whole thing took us an hour. We started at about 9:40 pm and she got to bed right before 11:00 pm. Ugh. Poor thing.

We skipped bath and just put her straight into bed. No PJs, just bed. I curled up next to her to comfort her. She was so exhausted I do not think she even noticed or cared that I was there.

Crazy amount of words

Maddy is exploding with her language. It is just amazing. She speaks in sentences. She can tell us "no" quite a bit and is very aware of how to tell us what she needs or wants. And when she dances, she points her fingers.

Dancing girl

Tonight was Reagan's dance recital dress rehearsal. All the girls we so cute in their costumes. We all sat in the front row and waited for the groups to go on. They lined up so nicely and played together. in their seats. When they got up on stage to do their performance, they all did a great job. Reagan was near one side and shook her little bootie as best she could. She smiled and sang and danced. I was so proud.

Karate

Reagan took her second karate class tonight. She seemed very eager and ready to go when we got there. She got into her gi without a challenge. She went out onto the floor and watched. She just watched. We were there early so that was all she could do. I was amazed. She didn't move.
When class started, she actually payed attention and listened. She played, but quite frankly, she did awesome!
I'm so excited. I hope she really likes this stuff.

Little things go bump

Maddy decided to make the morning exciting. She tipped her chair over this morning and smacked her head on the wall so hard that she dented the wall. Needless to say, the church nursery probably wasn't a good idea.

Fun morning

Maddy decided to make our morning exciting. During breakfast, and of course when no one was looking, she pushed herself back and tipped her chair over. Our table is a high-top table with chair to match, which means she had a long way to fall. Needless to say, she's a tad spacy still (three hours later) and there is a nice head-shaped dent in our wall. :) Love that. She freaked out a lot. She clung to me, which is so shocking considering she is a daddy's girl so much. She wanted me.

I stayed home from church to watch her. She's a tad spacy and tired, but she seems to be okay. She finally got hungry about three hours after she tipped.  She ate blueberries and a banana. She seems to want more fluids then anything.

Nice way to start the day, but nice to stay and snuggle. :)

dancing girl

Reagan likes to dance, by herself. Today, we went to the basement to play and hang out. She danced. She turned on her dj station and just started going. It was so fun to watch. I was actually amazed at how good she really was. She had nice placement of her hands - nice flow for her arms. She had expression. She amazed me.
Keeping in mind she is four, she was more than awesome! She was beautiful.