Proving Yet Again That She Is One of Us

Dear Karen-

So yesterday Natalie and I were doing her schoolwork and without actually using the word "synonyms," we worked on the concept that sometimes we can use different words that essentially mean the same thing. Her task was to think about the word "big" and see if she could come up with different words that meant "big." The lesson manual had a few listed, in case the child needed prompting...giant, large and huge.

To my delight, Natalie skipped right over those and went for these big guns:

-gigantic
-humongous
-colossal

We loves her.

Love,
Julie

It's Working

Dear Karen-

I'm seeing promising signs that we are training Natalie well. For instance, last night we were getting ready to go to our church Community Group meeting and I reminded her to use good manners and to speak if someone spoke to her. Then Greg reminded her that Mr. Ryan (Ryan Bult, he's our leader) is very silly and would probably call her Cutie or Pretty Girl. A few minutes later she looked at me and said, "I like it when people think I look cute. It makes me feel like the most important person in the world."

Then today, Natalie was pretending that she was going to have a party and informed me that these are the rules for getting ready for any party:

1. make sure your hair looks beautiful or handsome
2. have a pretty dress
3. you need great shoes

She's well on her way.

Love,
Julie