This is her last month when we went up to Black Mountain and stayed in a home that we rented. She's such a little lady!
She has gone through a sudden growth spurt too, she's suddenly tall enough to turn on and off the faucet in the bathroom... She's outgrowing her size 7 shoes, (pretty sure it's the size 7s). She has completely out grown all and any size 3Ts. She's also finally filling out. She's not such a little tiny thing anymore. She's a bit more filled out, which I like. She's always been such a peanut!
She still LOVES to run... LOVES it! :) She just likes to get faster and faster. She also loves archery. Ever since the Brave movie with Merida, she has loved it. She's quite good too! She's better than I am and can hit the target just about every time, and can even get a bulls eye! Her favorite foods are still pizza, and bread of any kind. We've gotta make smoothies and take multi-vitamins to get all of the nutrients in.
She is 33 lbs. respectively, and I'll have to check how tall she is. I know she's over 3 ft. now, but I want to give exact so I can look back at it.
She is so friendly and sweet. She loves people. When she sees people at the park, she says "Mommy, friends!". She is a bit bossy though. She gets frustrated when people don't want to do what she tells them too. She practices this quite a bit with her little brother. The other day, as most boys do, he was dumping out a bin of cars to play w/the ones he wanted. I had just cleaned up the play room, so Madilyn told him "mommy just cleaned up, stop being so messy... put that back!". He got upset that she was trying to take his toys, and she was upset that he would make such a mess!!! :) She's a good mess maker too though. She likes to take the plastic mini table in our play room and knock every thing off of it, and turn it upside down and stand on it... and put a blanket on it and turn it into a fort. She does love forts. She asks frequently for me to make one so she can play in blankets. :)
She also has a bit of an addiction to my ipad. It's a serious problem. I'm only half joking here... if I weren't there to control it, I'm pretty sure she'd have it in her hands 24/7. She'd fall asleep with it in her bed too if she could. There are just so many fun things to do with it! Luckily we can incorporate some apps into our school work that we do, and I do try to limit media to 1 hr a day, but that doesn't always stick. Hopefully I'll get better at enforcing that! It'll be easier when they are old enough to play outside w/out constant supervision.
She's getting to be a bit of a better swimmer. She's gotta work on the arm and leg strength though. She can't quite keep her head above water w/out the floaties. We will be hopefully starting lessons soon.
Her favorite show/ toys right now are My Little Pony. I have to watch which episodes she watches because there are some that I think deal a little too much with dark magic, and I'm not a fan of that... but she just loves those ponies! :) She has about 8 or 9 ponies that she plays with constantly. One of them, she did chores and saved up to purchase! We're working on the whole, I want, I want, I want thing though. I feel like she's always looking for the next bigger and better thing. I hope it's ambition, and not the "wants"... even though I know it's partially my fault in giving in too many times to her "wants". We're working on it, and we're going to be donating toys, and I'm gonna put some toys away for a while so there aren't so many choices... and then bring out the "old" toys in a while so "voila"! New TOYS! :) hahaha! We'll see what works. Gotta do some more reading... "How to make your children appreciate what they have w/out visiting a 3rd world country"... Does that book exist?
She has started riding her bike with training wheels. She's a bit hesitant, and is NOT very good at stopping. She gets flustered, and her legs just shoot out to each side off of the pedals and she goes careening towards the street! HAHAHAHA! Oh man, we've gotta race after her yelling (put your feet back on the pedals! Back on the pedals, you've gotta brake!!!!). Hopefully she'll get the hang of it, but for now it's a good workout!
In our "home school" we are continuing to work on the list of things she needs to know by preschool and kindergarten. We're working on letters, phonics, numbers and recognition, sounding words out... etc. It's a discipline though to get it in 3-4 times per week. That's all I'm striving for at the moment though with me working and her not being 5 yet. We'll have to do it every day in the spring though after she turns 5. Gotta keep up with requirements. I'm also going to look at joining a homeschool group to get some support. I'm kind of excited about it!
She is such a big helper too! She loves to unlock and lock the doors when we come home or leave the house. She likes to press the buttons on the van key when we go to or get out of the car. She likes learning. She craves to learn about new things. She likes to watch and mimic. I've gotta be careful!!! :) She's very inquisitive. She likes to help with Levi too, she can be a bit of a tattler, but at times that can be helpful. "Mom, Levi is at the top of the stairs again!" (shoot, forgot to put the gate up!)... "Mom, Levi's eating something", oh no... what gross, strange, or non-edible object is in his mouth this time... "Mom! Levi is jumping on the couch"... you get the idea... lol! Poor Levi! She's very responsible and wants to be helpful. She has such a tender heart. She's learning more and more about God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit. She asks and asks questions, and I love hearing that! I love her yearning heart, and getting to answer those questions! The other day we were talking about God and that one day He is coming back to earth to reign here. Her eyes got all big, and she goes "You mean God is going to COME TO MY HOUSE!?"!!! All excited! HAHAHA! Her thought processes are just written all over her face! She's so animated and precious. I love it!
She really really loves to sing too. Most of the time she's even on key! She'll make up songs, or memorize a song the first time she hears it and just sing it over and over and over again.
She really really loves to sing too. Most of the time she's even on key! She'll make up songs, or memorize a song the first time she hears it and just sing it over and over and over again.
She also likes to act out movies she's seen. She'll watch the movie a few times, and memorize different scenes, and act them out verbatim to what she has seen. If I mess up my lines, she's not too happy, and it quick to correct me! Maybe she'll be a director someday! ha! :)
Well, I've gotta go, but had to get my Madilyn update on here!!!
God Bless!
