So many ideas

Lara was talking non-stop one morning and I asked ger to "stop talking for a minute" and she replied "I can't stop talking, because I have so many ideas in my head"!

Lara knows all the months in a year now., she sometimes forgets May.

Lara asked a lot of "Am I four/five?" quesions. These questions usually led to "so I can do xxx now?" or "xxx do this when she is four!". Lara likes to "tell jokes". One of the her jokes is "What have legs but can't walk?" The answer "Chair legs".

Lara has very definite ideas about what boys and girls should wear. When I picked Sam up the other day, he was in daycare's socks (pink). Lara screamed "Mum take the SOCKS off Samuel. They are GIRLS SOCKS!!!". Lara wanted to marry me or Samuel some days. She also told me "When I am 13 and when Sean is 13, we will be married all afternoon and all day".

I read "Hansel & Gretel" to Lara a while ago. I took the opportunity to ask her at the end of the story "if an old woman said I have lots of sweets in my house, please come in, would you go in?". Lara said "No". Good answer. I then asked her "if a nice man said come inside my car I have a lot of toys for you to play, would you go?" Lara answered "Yes" without hesitation. Have to work on that more.

Sam was coughing the other day and I said "ohhhh poor thing". Lara bursted into tears "you didn't say ohhh to me!" she later explained. Lara regressed a lot ealier this year, she baby-talked and liked to pretend she was Samuel, she's better now. Lara hated going to bed when Sam was still up at night. For some reason, Lara and Sam always want to play the same toys. I can forsee more "fighting for toys" episodes in the future.

Lara is my little helper. She helps me to look after Sam by getting me things for Sam, checking on him adn playing with him, she even saved Sam from breaking one of Grandma's ceramic pots. Lara is also my little translator telling me "When Sam says ma ma ma ma,it means he wants milk".


Lara doing craft with Shani.

We were at Simon's friends for lunch a few weeks ago. Shani, one of the friends who is a school teacher teaching year one this year, spent some time talking to Lara. She said Lara's gross motor skills are very good and that Lara's good with art/drawings, and has great imaginations (Lara made up a rhyme and story for Shani). She thinks Lara is ready for school!