I'm still behind on editing and posting pictures.
But just writing is easier for now. Yesterday, Ariel turned 3 years and 3 months old.
She's been sleeping in her own room for about a month now. She seems to prefer it - she has more space, and her room is so relaxing with mint green walls, nice stuffed animals, good books and toys. She has a queen-size mattress & box spring with Dora bedding. Our Japanese futon mattresses & bedding are on the floor for optional adult sleepage, or if she chooses to sleep down there (as the cats often do.) The cats seem to prefer her room, too. During the day, the window view is of pretty trees, our backyard, and our neighbor's backyard.
She has a bear named Keller, made by friend Sylvia (mom of my friend, Margaret), who she likes to cuddle with and have him do pat-a-cake with his floppy arms.
She is into books with flaps, Clifford books, play animal figurines (especially horses and unicorns), and books about Dora and cats & kittens. She has a flap book about animals riding on a school bus that she likes.
Hopefully soon she'll start a special preschool. Friends whose kids have gone to it say a bus will pick her up, and the kids love it (although we could even walk there.) So we're trying to get her used to the school bus idea.
Right now, she is loving Aldersgate preschool (2 mornings a week) and all her activities. She marches to the beat of her own drum, though, and is not like the other kids. Luckily, the other kids still love her. How could they not? I'll try to get pictures of her with her classmates. She had school pictures last week, so those should be ready soon. Ariel has the best teachers: Mrs. Mertins and Mrs. Garden. We will miss them when she changes preschools.
But just writing is easier for now. Yesterday, Ariel turned 3 years and 3 months old.
She's been sleeping in her own room for about a month now. She seems to prefer it - she has more space, and her room is so relaxing with mint green walls, nice stuffed animals, good books and toys. She has a queen-size mattress & box spring with Dora bedding. Our Japanese futon mattresses & bedding are on the floor for optional adult sleepage, or if she chooses to sleep down there (as the cats often do.) The cats seem to prefer her room, too. During the day, the window view is of pretty trees, our backyard, and our neighbor's backyard.
She has a bear named Keller, made by friend Sylvia (mom of my friend, Margaret), who she likes to cuddle with and have him do pat-a-cake with his floppy arms.
She is into books with flaps, Clifford books, play animal figurines (especially horses and unicorns), and books about Dora and cats & kittens. She has a flap book about animals riding on a school bus that she likes.
Hopefully soon she'll start a special preschool. Friends whose kids have gone to it say a bus will pick her up, and the kids love it (although we could even walk there.) So we're trying to get her used to the school bus idea.
Right now, she is loving Aldersgate preschool (2 mornings a week) and all her activities. She marches to the beat of her own drum, though, and is not like the other kids. Luckily, the other kids still love her. How could they not? I'll try to get pictures of her with her classmates. She had school pictures last week, so those should be ready soon. Ariel has the best teachers: Mrs. Mertins and Mrs. Garden. We will miss them when she changes preschools.
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