Lil4 20 10

It seems like Lily not only goes through growth spurts, but also through ability and knowledge spurts. Well, right now, Lily's going through all 3 spurts simultaneously!

The shirts I bought Lily at the end of summer to make it through the Fall/Winter are now showing off her belly button and the pants...yikes...let's just say calling them high-waters doesn't do them justice. There will definitely be another Fall/Winter shopping trip in our immediate future.

Not only is Lily growing by leaps and bounds, she's also learned how to write her name. This is not something we've "worked on". In fact, Lily and I don't "work" on anything. I'm not a big fan of "working" on letters or numbers or whatever with kids. They are only little for such a short time. I would much rather spend our time having fun...not "working" on whatever. Lily's preschool also takes the same approach. There is no "letter of the week" or any kind of formal teaching. Their philosophy is the same as mine...children learn through playing.

Okay, let me get off my soapbox. As I was saying, a few weeks ago Lily said to me, "Look Mommy, I wrote my name." When I looked at the paper I was shocked to see she had in fact written her name. Of course, my little perfectionist then said to me, "Mommy that Y looks like a 4."



Lily has also learned how to count to 30...and beyond. Sometimes when Lily counts she goes from 29 to 20 10. She is so funny. If Lily says 20 10, 20 11...she will catch herself and say in the funniest little voice, "20 10??? 20 10??? I mean 30, 31..."

That little cutie absolutely cracks me up!