After two months of watching the little sprouts emerge from the ground, Lexie's sunflowers were in full bloom. It's been exciting to watch them getting bigger each day and to see each new flower open up.
Just like her flowers, Lexie has grown up a lot this summer. She is now fully potty trained. We thought getting her to stay dry at night would be our biggest challenge, but within a week, she was sleeping through the night with a dry panty. She has even surprised us by going to the bathroom by herself.
Lexie is still a munchkin. She's barely 24 pounds. This dress was given to us by my cousin several years ago and those are Miss H's sandals from last summer and both fit her perfectly now. I guess it's good that she's so petite because she really looks great in her clothes!
Lexie is now going to gymnastics class by herself. She is learning to listen and follow directions. I have to keep reminding myself that she is only 3 years old and her attention span is not so great. She tends to get very distracted. We always have a little talk before class and she usually remembers what I tell her, which is to sit by her coach and not by this other girl in her class who tends to play around. Lexie is really strong on the bars and does a great backflip by herself. She still doesn't understand how to go to the different stations by herself, so that's something we need to practice at home.
Our little dog, Gohan, has become a real grump and he is always growling at Lexie. It's sad because she loves him and wants to pet him, but he's old and doesn't want to be bothered. He's already bitten her toe, so we've had to lock him up in our laundry room. And Lexie felt so bad for him and kept asking when we would let him out. She didn't want to sleep the other night until she got to see him. And whenever we're shopping, she always wants to buy something for Gohan. This girl has got such a kind heart.
We are constantly amazed at how she can teach herself new things. All summer I've been trying to teach her the sounds since she can recognize capital and lower case letters. She didn't want anything to do with it. I put an app on the ipad called StarFall, which has little games for each letter. She plays it everyday and now knows about half of the sounds. She did this all by herself and she's even able to write those letters by herself too!
Lexie is extremely sensitive. For someone who can be sassy, she gets embarrassed easily. If she does something hurtful or makes a bad choice, she feels really bad. She will run to another room and just start to cry. We're trying to teach her that if she does something well, she needs to be proud and not embarrassed. And if she does something wrong, she needs to learn from it and do better the next time.
Lexie is a daddy's girl, but I can see these two butting heads as she grows up. Both are very stubborn! Lexie loves her daddy and they always have so much fun together. He always knows how to make her laugh.
Happy Birthday Daddy!! The best birthday present was spending the day with his Lexiebug!
No comments:
Post a Comment