This dynamic takes me by surprise every day. Imagine all the firsts your children experience the first few years of life. Imagine many, many, many of those firsts being put off until they're 5. But now they have so much more maturity, self-discipline, communication skills and coordination! It's SO COOL!!!!
Today one of her "firsts" was climbing the ladder to the pool slide by herself. When she first came home, she didn't have the physical strength to climb it! Tai haola MeiLi!
She now swims the front crawl, back crawl, and butterfly! Tai haola MeiLi!
Yesterday, she asked to go into the church preschool by herself! Tai haola MeiLi!
She rode DJ for the first time this week, pushing our hands away, and wanting to go faster! (DJ is so patient, as always!) And today, she rode double on DJ, and quadruple on Dakota with Cole, McKenna and Jimmy!
She got bit by Kitty today, which was inevitable, but she very bravely learned those boundaries!
She traced all the letters of the alphabet yesterday, unprompted, and practically perfectly! Tai haola MeiLi!
She toured Allie and Jenna's college campus last week, and met their laoshi, Valda Hsu.
She demonstrated Tai chi today to her new little friends, Cole, McKenna and Jimmy. Tai haola MeiLi!
I gave her her first butterfly kiss at bedtime tonight. The burst of delighted giggling melted me.
She packed her own lunch in her new Dora lunchbag for her first day of co-op tomorrow! Tai haola MeiLi!
What a blessing you are, darling little girl! Tai haola MeiLi . . . very good!
2 comments:
I just commented on Doug's update, but I want to also say how blessed she is to have you for a mommy....butterfly kisses...hmmm...as I said to Doug, some little girls wait a lifetime for such a treat and never get one and that could have been Meili....God is so gracious in reminding us in big and little ways how big His love is for us and how much He wants us to know that He is there...thankfully your little girl will know that there is a God in the heavens!
Very good! Very good! Love you guys. :o)
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