It's been a hard summer for S. I'm not really sure why, but I do think she's been frustrated with going from being with her friends all day at school to being with her younger siblings all day. Poor S will come up with elaborate background schemes for playtime ("Let's play Harry Potter. Let's all get spellbooks, use pencils for wands, and practice spells") but by the time she has everything set up, H and T have lost interest and want to play with action figures again. I feel bad for her, but I also remind her that she's lucky to have brothers who will play "hotel" and "zoo" with her at all. And, they're lucky to have a very imaginative sister who thinks up the schemes in the first place.
Beyond that, S has just seemed kind of angry at the world lately, which has made this a super fun summer for me, of course. So, I was really happy to see her accomplish something semi-big a few days ago. She learned to tie her shoes! (Yes, she's almost in 3rd grade, but this has been so hard for her to do for some reason. Apparently, her dad and his siblings were the same way.) After going to the store and realizing that there just weren't many velcro options in her size, I came home and told her she had to figure it out by the time school starts in three weeks. A few days later, she had done it!
I should also mention that S reached another big milestone earlier this summer—she learned to ride her bike without training wheels. (Again, she's doing it a little late, but in this respect, she is totally my child. Always so cautious, to the point of talking herself out of things.) She's doing really well and isn't even scared of going up and down hills anymore.
Hooray for S!
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4 comments:
I don't know why but my boys did those two things the same week too. Something about learning one that makes them learn the other one too. I will say that both H and T can tie their shoes but they never seem to tie them very tight so I still have to help with the double knotting.
Oh and her moods...I think it might be the age cause T is right there with her!
Way to go S on all the milestones!!
C is there emotionally in spades. I fear it's not going anywhere soon. As for the shoe tying, beware the insecure learning. Z "learned" to tie his shoes last summer so he could get skate sneakers. He does such a lazy job that usually I just give up and do it for him (he'll leave them untied) We're going back to velcro for this year--he agrees. C did the same thing--insisting that she had learned but lazy for a whole year. I'm so grateful for velcro--imagine where we'd be every morning without it!
Congrats S (and she can come play Harry Potter with C any time!)
Congrats to S!! All I know is that she sure is sweet to Aiden and every time we're going to Utah seeing S is one of her favorite parts.
Way to go S! That is so awesome! I would come play Harry Potter with her anyday!
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