And then some

It’s fascinating to me to see the already existing interaction between Natalie and her (still in utero) little sister.  Natalie has whole conversations with Ginnie about what went on at school and why we need to thank Jesus for our food.  Natalie also finds it hilarious to tickle her sister, I’m not as keen on that one.

At almost 3 1/2 Natalie seems to be growing and changing in leaps and bounds.  A few things of note that I haven’t had time to blog about over the last few months:

• You are in love with dance class.  I’m not sure if it’s the great group of girls you’re with or whether it’s the dancing itself, but you practice at home by yourself all the time.  You especially like the “boogie” move in your tap routine.
• You are inventing your own recipes!  Not that you can actually cook them in real life, but mommy is keeping track of what they are so maybe I can actually create them.  Most of them are desserts and you’ve said you like to cook desserts more than other stuff.  Some recent ones: soft vanilla cake with coffee frosting, raspberry almond shortcake (I am DEFINITELY going to have to figure out how to make that one!), and a vanilla strawberry smoothie.  I’m impressed that they’re actually make-able!
• You are WAY ready for this baby.  Although mommy is only 30 weeks, with 10 weeks to go, you ask almost daily if baby Ginnie is going to be born today.  You’ve picked out a couple of outfits and decided that you and your sister need to share a room.  The crib is set up in your room now, so we’ll see if you guys work that out   You made Ginnie a stuffed panda to take to the hospital when she’s born and you are working hard at learning how to help feed a baby a bottle.  You’re going to be such an awesome big sister.
• You love, love, love school.  You’ve been killing your letters and are learning to spell almost everything you can get your hands on.  You really like spelling NATALIE, MOMMY and DADDY.  Your teacher told me this morning that you also know how to spell most of the names of the kids in your class, which is crazy!  You asked me yesterday if I could start teaching you to write words “like a big girl” so I guess I better go and get a workbook sooner rather than later.
• You love Richard Scarry, which makes daddy so proud because Richard Scarry was daddy’s favorite when he was little.  You say you like Hilda and Sally and Miss Honey the best because they’re girls, but I think you probably like Huckle and Lowly Worm a lot too.
• You continue to try all kinds of foods.  You surprised Mommy and Daddy the other night by eating a slice of half-pickled cucumber.  You said it was good and asked for another and ate it, too.  Your favorites are still pizza, rice, tofu, almost all kinds of fruit, and spaghetti.

The next 10 weeks will hopefully fly by and life will (again) never be the same!

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