Candy Land

I've been really bad about posting... but I've been busy.  Between pregnancy symptoms (some normal, some not), the fatigue, etc. I've had to pick and choose what I spend my time on.  And honestly, when Matthew comes home from work and the house is a disaster, it wouldn't impress him much if I said "But honey!  I got a blog post up..." Yeah... that wouldn't go over well.  :)  So since it's been so long since my last post, the idea of 'catching up' has been a bit intimidating.  I've decided to just go ahead and do short posts instead of one giant post... at least it's in more manageable pieces that way.  At this point, I'm all for easy.  :)

While Matthew was gone for work, I let Brielle stay up 'late' one night so we could have some mommy-daughter time.  She desperately wanted to play Candy Land, so that's what we did.  We played three games.  I won the first game, after which she pouted and got mad because she wanted to win.  She wasn't too impressed with me when I informed her that I would not be letting her win.  We talked about being a good sport and all that good stuff, and she decided to at least fake a better attitude and play another game instead of sulking and going straight to bed.  She ended up winning the next two games, stinker.  At any rate, we had a good time.

It amazes me how quickly she's growing up.  She's not a toddler any more, as much as I want to think she is.  No, she's definitely undeniably a little girl now.  I'm excited and saddened.  I so loved her toddler years.  I'm sure my hesitation stems from knowing what I'm leaving behind (and how much I loved it) and having no clue what is coming at me next.  I am positive I will continue to enjoy her, but I still miss her being so 'little'.

For a long time, she's been very interested in how to spell words and how to sound things out.  So we've been working on that a fair bit lately.  She's loving it.  She thinks it's pretty cool to get out her reading books (the BOB series) and be able to read one to me!  How well she does definitely depends on how focused she is at the moment, but she's picking it up pretty quickly.  Then again, that kid has always loved books.  So far we've read a few larger chapter books out loud together, and her favorite has been Charlotte's Web.  I honestly don't think I'd ever read it until I read it to her.  How sad is that?  Haven't decided what we'll read next... we need to get back to the library again.  What was your favorite book as a young child?

I also caught a rare quiet moment with Joshua.  He was 'nuggling with the kitty and Brielle's blanket.  :)  Sweet boy.