My cool girl, just riding around to our next adventure at the park. She is so beautiful.
My little workout partner at Boot Camp!
Time for lunch at Jason's Deli! Little Sweetie has been there so often this summer that they are about ready to hire her!
Sister and Brother cheering each other on during swimming lessons at Ms. J. Momma and Daddy were very proud of how well each of them did!
Doing great during her learning time lesson! She loves mazes!
Prepping for boat time!
Although Little Sweetie thinks our boating supplies work just fine in the living room as well!
Happy girl on the lake!
It took awhile, but we convinced her the tube was best used with the boat and not in the living room as a TV watching lounge. She keeps getting braver and braver riding in it on the lake!
We also filled our time with our awesome babysitters: We tried to play as much as possible Ms. A before she went back to college and we got to cheer for our Ms. K as she dove in the Olympics!
Oh Ms. A! We are going to miss you so much when you go back to college!
Trying to get these two to smile together for a good luck picture for Ms. K was an Olympic level challenge within itself!
We found Ms. K during the Opening Ceremonies! Go USA!
Ms. K made it to the semifinals! We are so proud of her for how well she represented our country!
We love you, Ms. K! Go USA!
Super Sweetie at least will wear her pigtails!
She? Sometimes she loves them and admires them! I wish she would let me do more with her hair!
However, summer is quickly coming to a close. Big Brother will go back to school, Momma and Little Sweetie will start our new fall routine, and Run Club will start!
Some people are worried about their back to school wardrobe; we're just worried about our running clothes wardrobe. Run Club, we are ready to run fast!
We are going to miss Big Brother when he goes back to school, but we are starting to groom a new friend. Thanks, Aunt S, for Little Sweetie's new doll!
My two loves of summer...and every day!
Height and Weight
Back up to 31.4 lbs for weight and holding steady at 35.75 in. for height!
Personality
She is still fiercely independent and really loves doing things herself and had even begun to tell us that she "can do it better" than we can. Love this feisty girl. Although I don't love it when these feisty moments show up when I have to take her out of the bath but she thinks she shouldn't be done yet. Sigh.
"But I'm NOT DONE with my bath!"
Developmental Milestones
Sam's fine motor skills are awesome! She is doing great at drawing things that can be recognized (with a little information) and she loves making things with Plato. In terms of speech, we are asking "Why" questions, which is way ahead of schedule. We're very happy with how she is progressing because Momma is dealing with a little guilt about not having her in school yet. With Big Brother's clinical trial schedule, it just isn't an option right now, but we work with her at home and hope we are doing enough!
She said it is a drawing of "fishes in the ocean."
Play doh time!
Fun Tidbits
After putting Big Brother to bed one night, I came out of his room in order to get Little Sweetie to bed next. However, what greeted me was this sight and a little voice saying, "I packed us a picnic, Momma!"
About three years ago, Big Brother would have also pulled the same tactic to try to stay up a little later. He LOVED playing picnic or restaurant and taking my order was one of his favorite parts of the game. However, three years ago I would have told him, "No, it's time for bed," and cleaned up the picnic and carted him off to bed, thinking that Momma was tired after a long day and that we had plenty of time for future picnics.
Except we didn't. We had no idea how much time we didn't have.
Big Brother doesn't play picnic anymore, not like he used to. He doesn't ask to take my order anymore or tell me that everything costs "Five dollars!" Although he is still doing well overall, he doesn't have the attention or language ability that he used to have. Sanfilippo has stolen that.
So the moral of the story? Little Sweetie went to bed a little late tonight and I ate every bite of that pretend picnic.
Every. Single. Bite.
I will never take a picnic for granted again.
Good night,
LSM
Little Sweetie's Momma
