Life with Lydia

Last night Lydia was upset to realize that one of her toy boxes was missing a label. So she and Dad quickly fixed that. Lydia and Dad cut out a paper, then she had Dad write the label according to her specifications, “Fuzzy animal doll place”. Done. That’s my girl!

Over the last month Lydia has started to really “get” the concept of writing and reading. Last week she wrote all the “at” words with Grandma. She sounded them out and wrote them down.

She also wrote a sentence on her fridge pad with a little help from Dad. “Cat setting (sitting) on a chair.”

Then she wrote “fire” after sounding it out. She first wrote “fio” which is how she pronounces it. After talking to me about it she came up with “fir” as the spelling.

Her signature is also evolving with better formed letters.

It’s really fun to watch Lydia understand and interpret the world on her own.

Lydia loves to help me with projects and learning new skills. So, when I happened upon this nifty cake decorating spill proof squirter thing, it seemed perfect for her. She tried it out today, and it worked beautifully! She loved it! Changing the tips was easy for her, too.

Now she can easily decorate her own cakes and cookies. Fun!

I love Lydia’s signature! The best part about this one is that the “a” goes to the next line since she didn’t have enough space on an 8.5 x 11 sheet.

Tonight we all played “Forest”, a game that Lydia just made up. It’s basically hide-n-go-seek with animal sounds.
The hiders hide, then the seeker seeks. This is where it gets fancy. The seeker calls the hiders by name and receives an animal sound in response. This continues until the seeker finds everyone. It was actually a lot of fun! The giggles and shear joy that came from our three-footer when she found us was priceless. I’m sure we’ll play again.

Lydia had her first dance class this morning. She and her BFF enjoyed the class and actually participated in the whole thing.

We had a fun cookout to celebrate the holiday. No hot 4th of July is complete without some pool action. For this, we trotted out the kiddie pool.

We made a flag to help in the celebration of July 4th, and to give us another fun activity.

At her age, Lydia strives to show her autonomy in everything that she does. During our crafting session, as I would show Lydia the steps in the craft, she would suggest and follow her own method. Lydia let me color one side as I wanted. Then she celebrated her own independence by coloring the back in her own way. We eventually finished a flag.

Lydia went to the museum today with her BFF, Zoe. Lydia did her dance of joy this morning when she learned today was their play date. She could hardly stand the wait.

Since Lydia is not at her school’s summer session, they had not seen each other for about a month. Boy, did they have fun! They are both cut from the same mold, and enjoyed the museum with gusto.

We picked a pint of blueberries today, and still have all three bushes loaded in berries!