You make my heart so happy! The best words to describe you are fun, spunky, affectionate and theatrical! You are such a HAPPY kid, and in recent months you have become very expressive and creative. I love watching you pretend with your dolls and "Little People" toys (fisher price). Listening to you pretend to talk on the telephone is hysterical, because you insert a lot of voice fluctuations, random laughs, words about our recent activities, and then finally say "Bye!" You have SO much energy all the time, and you're full of God's joy! In general, you're very funny and sometimes quite dramatic about things. I love the super cute intonations in your speech, which by the way, has skyrocketed since May. You are very verbal now, which is a total answer to our prayers. You love to talk!! Lately you come home from school and share new songs that you've learned, entirely from start to finish. I'm so impressed! You know your ABCs, you can count to 20, you can spell your name, you know your colors and shapes, and now...we are having conversations!!! When I pick you up from school, you tell me a little bit about your day. Often it's the same details each day...your responses are a bit routine. But I so enjoy them! (videos at the end, below)
I have to say, Lydia...you're not the best eater. I don't know what we're gonna do with you in this area. Here's the short list of what you willingly eat, no questions asked: cereal bars, Kix cereal, Cheddar bunnies (or cheddar goldfish), yogurt (not just any yogurt, but a very specific kind, of course), crackers (any kind - you love all things crackers!), graham crackers....and.....that's about it. Every once in awhile I can get you to eat applesauce. You LOVE milk and carrot/fruit juice. Here and there I've tried being tough with you about trying new foods, but what can I say...you're tougher. Thank goodness we sneak a multi-vitamin in your milk every day.
You love to take care of your baby dolls. You put them to bed, and feed them in the high chair. You like to put your "Little People" in a line and pretend like they're having "circle time", just like you do at school! (see pictures below) Lately one of your favorite movies is A Charlie Brown Christmas, so you also like to place all of your little "friends" as you call them, around the Christmas tree like in the last scene of the movie. (see below)
(Notice we have a farmer playing with the 3 wise men, a bride, Ernie and Bert, Mary and Joseph, and a policeman! Diverse group of friends, huh?)
One of your favorite things to do is to go outside at night with Daddy and look for the moon. You get so excited about it, and so does Daddy! If the moon is behind the clouds where you can't see it, then you say "the moon is sleeping!" You love the moon. Especially the crescent moon. I think you're starting to really love Molly. You don't like to share your toys with her, but you will spontaneously initiate hugs and kisses with her once in a while, and I love that. You like to talk about Molly, and I know you enjoy having her around. Molly definitely loves you, Lydia. You make her smile and laugh all the time. She is so happy you are her big sister. You love to play outside, and never want to come inside when we say it's time to do so. You love to watch videos, and your recent favorite has been Disney's The Princess and the Frog. This fall I introduced you to The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and the Charlie Brown Christmas and you LOVE them so much!! It warms my heart, because I loved them as a kid, too!
You're doing so well at school, Lydia!! Last spring we enrolled you in a new school to help you overcome your speech delay and help you catch up on your social skills. You are impressing everyone in that building, Lydia!! With God's amazing love for you, you will continue to overcome these obstacles and you will totally catch up to your peers. And beyond! You're super smart, and you've become the leader in your class. We're so proud of you, Lydia! Daddy and I know that God has big plans for your life, Lydia! And you will fulfill them! He loves you so much, and will continue to take perfect care of you! We are SO BLESSED to be your parents, and thank God for that privilege, every day! It's impossible to have a bad day with you around! You bless people everywhere you go with your joyful, spunky self and I believe you are a light in this otherwise dark world. Thank you for being YOU!
Love, Mommy
2 videos below of our conversation after school the other day:
Video of Lydia pretending to talk on the phone. Some of it is total jibber-jabber to fill the gaps between actual words and phrases about things in her life. At one point she randomly says "Watch Princess and the Frog and sit on the potty".
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