Sidewalk chalk mania!

My Aunt Alice gave me an entire tub of sidewalk chalk, so Stella and I have been going to town with it! She is starting to write , which is really cool. Before, she would just sit on top of my chalk drawings, but now she is creating! She is for sure going to be right handed, which I am excited about:) My brother and sister are both left handed, Morgan and his brother and his dad are all left handed as well, so I get a little righty on my side!

Misty Morning at the Park

It seems as though Stella has been in fast forward these days. She said "thank-you" yesterday, says "no" all the time now and yelled "stop!" when I told her to stop banging her head on her high chair. She is her own little lady and knows what she wants. I can tell that she will be a leader and not a follower and that makes me happy. This morning we went to the park and it was misty and cool and I just watched my little girl play. She is so brave. She climbs the stairs on her own, crosses the wobbly bridge on her own and goes down the slide on her own. Pretty soon she won't need me to help her with anything and I am ok with that. I want her to be independent, secure and happy.