Anna is ten weeks old today. She's doing beautifully. She is now wearing some 3-6 month clothes. She seems to be very long and outgrowing the length of her 0-3 months clothes. She has little rolls around her upper arms and a little chub on her hams, but she still looks like your standard issue infant. She is doing really well holding her head up and pushing up on her arms. She's talking a lot and practicing new sounds. She has told me on numerous occassions that she is most looking forward to meeting her Jackson relatives. She's saving her most interesting conversations for Uncle John and Aunt Michele. We'll be sure to get those on video.
Madeline enjoyed pretending to be a princess this week. She's decided Mulan is her "princess" of choice this week. She's been wearing her play kimono every day and insisted on having chinese food last Friday in order to get into complete character. Today we went to the library and she borrowed the Snow White dvd so she might be into dwarves this weekend. Last night Annalise, Madeline and Ryan went to look at Christmas lights and visited Grandma Linda. I stayed home and baked a couple batches of cookies. This Friday Maddie's school is having their annual holiday party. Maddie will make Christmas crafts and we'll all munch on some treats for a couple of hours. We're looking forward to the party.
Over the last year Madeline told us that she knows Santa is not real because no one can logically get around the world to deliver gifts nor fly in a sleigh in the sky. She kept asking us if Santa was real. We told her that many people believe in Santa and he's very real to them. We also told her we believe in the spirit of Santa and giving, yada yada. She still insisted that she doesn't believe Santa is real, however, since then she must have decided that she wants to believe in Santa because she's very into him this year. We visited Santa at the Olde German Christmas festival where he arrived in a convertible. She now tells us that Santa rides in a car and not a sleigh. Alas, the joys of Christmas. I hope she decides to beleive in the "magic" of Christmas for a few more years. I am not sure if she'll pusue the conversation with anyone this year, but I wanted to give everyone the update on her viewpoint.
We've also noticed recently that she is a bit (that's an understatement) of a perfectionist. She becomes easily frustrated when she cannot do things correctly, must restart things when she makes a mistake and she has unrealistic expectations for herself. Yes, they actually write books on this personality trait, so we'll be working to help her enjoy the process of learning and not get too focused on winning, or doing things correctly and understanding that mistakes are part of learning. I told Ryan that we won't need to worry about her being successful! LOL
Madeline enjoyed pretending to be a princess this week. She's decided Mulan is her "princess" of choice this week. She's been wearing her play kimono every day and insisted on having chinese food last Friday in order to get into complete character. Today we went to the library and she borrowed the Snow White dvd so she might be into dwarves this weekend. Last night Annalise, Madeline and Ryan went to look at Christmas lights and visited Grandma Linda. I stayed home and baked a couple batches of cookies. This Friday Maddie's school is having their annual holiday party. Maddie will make Christmas crafts and we'll all munch on some treats for a couple of hours. We're looking forward to the party.
Over the last year Madeline told us that she knows Santa is not real because no one can logically get around the world to deliver gifts nor fly in a sleigh in the sky. She kept asking us if Santa was real. We told her that many people believe in Santa and he's very real to them. We also told her we believe in the spirit of Santa and giving, yada yada. She still insisted that she doesn't believe Santa is real, however, since then she must have decided that she wants to believe in Santa because she's very into him this year. We visited Santa at the Olde German Christmas festival where he arrived in a convertible. She now tells us that Santa rides in a car and not a sleigh. Alas, the joys of Christmas. I hope she decides to beleive in the "magic" of Christmas for a few more years. I am not sure if she'll pusue the conversation with anyone this year, but I wanted to give everyone the update on her viewpoint.
We've also noticed recently that she is a bit (that's an understatement) of a perfectionist. She becomes easily frustrated when she cannot do things correctly, must restart things when she makes a mistake and she has unrealistic expectations for herself. Yes, they actually write books on this personality trait, so we'll be working to help her enjoy the process of learning and not get too focused on winning, or doing things correctly and understanding that mistakes are part of learning. I told Ryan that we won't need to worry about her being successful! LOL
I've included a picture of our tree so you can see how Maddie decorated it. She's been making snowflakes almost daily to hang on the tree. Last year she made rings, but this year it's snowflakes! :)
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