The Rowans 4: Aunt Jenny's Visit!

It's really hard to believe that it's almost MAY! I can't believe how quickly this year is already flying by. I'm having an especially difficult time with this because I know that my baby girl will be turning 3 in June. It's just not possible. She is growing so much and way too fast. I do love the way that she is growing and it is a joy to be her Mommy. We still have our "difficult" toddler moments, but she is really turning into a little kid! She is starting to understand what a quiet voice is and when it is appropriate to use it. Yay! She is also getting really good at drawing. I love seeing her pictures of people. All of a sudden one day, she just up and started drawing people. She can draw the head, eyes, nose and smile... sometimes she will draw a body and shoes. (Can't forget the shoes). She has successfully written her first name a few times with very little help. She signed some birthday cards for friends and really tried her hardest. She held the marker all by herself and I just prompted her to spell out her name. It's a really exciting thing to watch your baby learn how to do all of these big kid things. I guess I do have more of a big kid now than a baby! Another thing we have just started working on is sounding out short words. We were working on the "at" family of words and I was impressed with how well she did. She knows all of the sounds that the letters make and after I made the sounds she could blend them to say the word. I think that she will learn to read without much difficulty... so once she turns three, I think we will start on simple reading skills. It's not a matter of if she can, it's if she has the attention span to do it. Haha... when we were working on the "at" words at the fridge today she said, "Mommy, I'm all done rhyming". I didn't even tell her we were rhyming. Hahah... oh Callie. I'm in no rush though, she will learn it soon enough. I'm sure if I pick my own teacher brain, and dust out the cobwebs, I can come up with some fun activities that she would be interested in... well at least for a few minutes.

This past week we had Matt's sister Jen at our house. It was so wonderful to spend some good quality time with her. It seems like when we do get to see her in Texas it's just not for long enough to really catch up. We always have to split up our time in so many different directions when we are there, so it was really nice to just have one on one time with her. Callie was in HEAVEN. She absolutely loved having her Aunt Jenny here! They played and played, and then they played some more. Aunt Jenny even brought Callie some fairy wings and a wand. Both of them had lots and lots of sparkles on them. Obviously that instantly made Callie and Aunt Jenny best friends. It was fun having an adult to talk to when Callie went to bed while Matt worked or was studying for school. I love Jen and spending time with her just makes me wish we lived closer to family.

Here are some pictures from when Jen was here. I hope all of you are having a blessed week! Love to you all!

Erin

Sweet hugs for Aunt Jenny! Callie is thrilled that it's nice enough out to be in her swimsuit! She cant wait until it's warm enough to swim!

Here is Callie at Child's Play. She is carrying the coveted "Princess Baby". She is pretty much obsessed with this doll. It's always "fun" when we get there and another child has it.... not!