Katelynn

Lately, I feel like KK has suddenly turned into a little girl. The memories of the tantrum-throwing toddler are starting to fade a bit, and I sadly have little memory at all of life with her as a baby. (Perhaps I have just blocked some of it out, seeing that there were many extremely difficult days with her!) So, to follow up Tyler's post, here is my "all about KK" bullet list.

She loves preschool so much now, so much that I increased her time there from 2 to 3 days per week. Last week they learned about space and she was "over the moon" (har har) about it. I showed her youtube videos of the space shuttle launch and she was enraptured with the whole thing.

Very recently there has also been an explosion with learning letters, and suddenly starting to write them on her own. This has made mama very excited to see this happen all at once. I explained to her awhile back that she needed to learn all her letters before she would be able to read - and she does love her books so this stuck with her. She has repeatedly talked about learning her letters so that she can learn to read.

She is very talented with working mazes. It is quite impressive.

She loves her crafts - whether at school or at home. The art stand that she received over a year ago from Nanna and PopPop has hit its prime. Our living room floor is usually covered in paper scraps, crayons, tape, glue sticks, scissors, scrapbook supplies donated by mommy, and more. There are new creations every day. This has been a godsend since she will actually entertain herself to a certain extent with the creating.

KK also loves to give gifts to her friends. So craft time is frequently gift-making time - a treasure box for Anna, a picture for Bobby, a letter for Lindsay... she does love her friends!

She continues to be a mama's girl. But she thinks her dad is pretty great now too and knows that he is the better choice for hide-and-seek, rough-housing, and snuggle time.

She is still a sensitive girl too. While tantrums have really died down, she still has trouble controlling the crying sometimes. She can be quite dramatic. She physically cannot control her legs from twitching when she is extremely upset and complains about "itchy skin".

She is an absoutely wonderful big sister - so sweet with her baby brother and a big help to me with entertaining him, fetching pacifiers and toys, helping to wash him during bathtime, talking to him in the car, giving him her own precious blankie for comfort, and much more.

My sweet, sensitive girl.... As Katelynn would say, "She is my girl forever and ever."