The Adventures of Caroline
Which will now be known as TAOC and will join RTBTCKI (Random Thoughts before the Coffee Kicks In) and TIATF (Things I Am Thankful For) as an occasional piece on a topic that comes up again.
This one is all about Caroline and her life. Currently she is 4 years 9 months but it seems like only yesterday I brought this little bundle back from the hospital. In that time she has done a lot of both growing and learning.
We went to the New York Renaissance festival on Sunday just the two of us. She went on the pony ride twice. She petted a lot of animals. I have managed to teach her to let the animal come to her rather than chase the animal. I explained that it is only polite since we are on their territory. And animals do tend to come check her out. The one time I removed her from a situation was when she and a colt were getting along just fine but the mare didn't seem too happy. She understood I was trying to protect her. We also played some games of chance and she won a unicorn, which was her whole goal of going to get a stuffed unicorn, and a stuffed horse. She had a lot of fun. I did too.
She wants to be helpful. She loves helping me in the kitchen when I work on dinner. She helps me unload the dishwasher and fold clothes. The folding cloths use to be very hit or miss but she is getting better about it. She is even picking up between groups of toys or projects. I will be very happy if she learns to pick up one thing before starting another. (Heck I should learn that skill.)
She loves to dress herself. She checks with me to make sure that she had things on the right way but she does it. Some of her fashion ideas can be a bit radical in terms of her color combinations but she is four. She has her favorite clothes and sometimes has to be informed that they have to be washed before she can wear them again. Brushing her hair can be a bit of an adventure. She has long curly hair that has never been cut except once by her which is now down to her rear when wet. Since it is so curly, it becomes tangled quite easily. We brush it twice a day now so we can use the brush she likes.
We work on letters and counting. She can count to ten with no problem past that she needs a little help. Letters are something she tolerates me pointing out to her but I happen to know that she recognizes more than she is letting on. Her vocabulary is increasing rapidly. She is curious as to what words mean and how she can use them.
She wants to do crafts when I am working on things. It doesn't have to be the same thing I am doing but she wants to be doing something like what I am doing or at least some of her own art work. I encourage her any way I can to express herself creatively. She draws, paints and sculpts. She is trying to figure out how to sculpt animal figures. She will take a stuffed animal and study it very carefully before trying to recreate it in clay. The final product has been kind of hit or miss but at least she is trying.
She is a happy, healthy kid which is all I can ask for and more.
I am grateful for my time with my little girl and our adventures together.
This one is all about Caroline and her life. Currently she is 4 years 9 months but it seems like only yesterday I brought this little bundle back from the hospital. In that time she has done a lot of both growing and learning.
We went to the New York Renaissance festival on Sunday just the two of us. She went on the pony ride twice. She petted a lot of animals. I have managed to teach her to let the animal come to her rather than chase the animal. I explained that it is only polite since we are on their territory. And animals do tend to come check her out. The one time I removed her from a situation was when she and a colt were getting along just fine but the mare didn't seem too happy. She understood I was trying to protect her. We also played some games of chance and she won a unicorn, which was her whole goal of going to get a stuffed unicorn, and a stuffed horse. She had a lot of fun. I did too.
She wants to be helpful. She loves helping me in the kitchen when I work on dinner. She helps me unload the dishwasher and fold clothes. The folding cloths use to be very hit or miss but she is getting better about it. She is even picking up between groups of toys or projects. I will be very happy if she learns to pick up one thing before starting another. (Heck I should learn that skill.)
She loves to dress herself. She checks with me to make sure that she had things on the right way but she does it. Some of her fashion ideas can be a bit radical in terms of her color combinations but she is four. She has her favorite clothes and sometimes has to be informed that they have to be washed before she can wear them again. Brushing her hair can be a bit of an adventure. She has long curly hair that has never been cut except once by her which is now down to her rear when wet. Since it is so curly, it becomes tangled quite easily. We brush it twice a day now so we can use the brush she likes.
We work on letters and counting. She can count to ten with no problem past that she needs a little help. Letters are something she tolerates me pointing out to her but I happen to know that she recognizes more than she is letting on. Her vocabulary is increasing rapidly. She is curious as to what words mean and how she can use them.
She wants to do crafts when I am working on things. It doesn't have to be the same thing I am doing but she wants to be doing something like what I am doing or at least some of her own art work. I encourage her any way I can to express herself creatively. She draws, paints and sculpts. She is trying to figure out how to sculpt animal figures. She will take a stuffed animal and study it very carefully before trying to recreate it in clay. The final product has been kind of hit or miss but at least she is trying.
She is a happy, healthy kid which is all I can ask for and more.
I am grateful for my time with my little girl and our adventures together.