Erickson Adventures: My Big Girl

Saturday, March 30, 2013

My Big Girl

Boy do I have some "big girl" news to share with you today! When we were at the zoo in SD, Kylie saw a "Buck" doll (character from Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs). He is her favorite and she, who had just spent all her money on a Rapunzel doll, decided she had to have it. When I reminded her she was out of money she got very sad and said nothing. A few hours later, she told me she could earn money going on bikerides except there aren't coins anymore when we ride bikes (we used to bribe her to ride bike by making it a treasure hunt - now she realizes she loves to ride bike and we don't need it anymore). So I told her she could earn money by doing chores around our house and Nana's house. She thought this was a splendid idea but when I showed her how many coins (each sticker) she would have to earn, I thought she would lose heart and not do it, instead, she completely surprised me and took to it like a most mature little four year old. There are 32 coins on that chart (for $8), but never once did she waver in her determination. Two days after we got home, she completed her chart and we ordered Buck.

This is Buck. She was so excited and this Momma, well, she is super proud!!

She had also really gotten into her coloring and is getting quite good. I know it is hard to see but this is a house and our family...Sammy at the bottom, Me, M is in blue and you can't really see him, then the two girls on the right.

Nana gave her this kickin' egg decorating kit and she spent forever making them perfect. She definitely loves crafts! Look at that, there is a knight, a coach, princesses, princes, even horses. I even had fun helping her! :)

At some point, she also decided that she really wanted to call the writers of Superbook and she wouldn't let it go so we sat down and wrote. It reads: Dear Superbook Writers, Please make a Superbook about Jonah and the big fish and Jesus who dies on the cross. Thank you, Kylie. She wrote it all except the first line. :-) We did "N" this week so sadly, all those backwards letter N's will now corrent themselves.

She is getting to be such a big girl!

All right, I also found some more pictures on my camera...this was K when she was sick...

At our friend's house.

This was so funny...he could not get the truck to do what he wanted and Em just sat there looking at him, trying to decide what she thought of that giant toy.

Once they were on more similar sized vehicles, they had fun crashing into each other.

Now that we are home, we planted a small garden, just to see how it will go.

It won't have too much in it, but we had so much extra soil, we planted corn and peas along the fence as well. Who knows how it will work but we sure will have fun trying it out.