This week with a new puppy has brought some different challenges. One of them being jealousy. Isabelle loves Roscoe but she also hates the attention I give him. The day where I find her eating dog food must be right around the corner because she has already started acting like him :)

Her constant laughter washes the frustrations of the potty training messes and chewing on everything!

 

 

 

 

 

Roscoe being spoiled by Nate

Working on tracing her numbers

Finishing a 24 piece puzzle all on her own and one that she has never done before!!

Hanging out with the neighbor at a park birthday party. That little boy just turned 5 and Belle is 2.5.....

I must say that each day I find her growing up so much faster than I would have every expected. When we go to the park she runs with the older crowd. Maybe she possess an old soul? Wise beyond her years at 2.5? I guess it doesn't hurt that her physical traits match those who are 4+.

I signed Isabelle up for a preschool two days a week starting in August. This will complement the Wednesdays that she attends bible study for her age. I honestly believe that she will excel but I want her to have fun. This summer, actually starting now, I want to focus on her being a kid. At the same time I struggle because the things that she finds interesting and attention grabbing happen to be surrounded around things she shouldn't be doing until she is 4 and 5. The letter tracing was her idea one morning and so I wasn't going to tell her no. I do however want to document somewhere that she pushed these things and not me! I just followed along and supported and when she is 14 and hates me I can show her this :)

Off to play outside before it gets cold and freezes again!

Sara