who is rolling over these days is claire. last night, she learned to do somersaults all by herself. i think tumbling class has been an inspiration for her. the funny thing is that she hasn't even had to do a forward somersault yet in class - september was backwards month, so she learned to do a backwards somersault. anyway, she is quite pleased she can do it "all by myself!"
claire is also a spelling maniac. well, she likes to read all the letters on every sign, if that counts as spelling. the other day we were on a family walk and claire runs up to a sign in our neighborhood. "R-I-V-E-R G-R-E-E-N. BIG N-E-W H-O-M-E-S." she was just so pleased with herself (as were we!). we then had to stop at every sign on the way back to read the letters. her other new favorite activity is "spelling on mommy's computer". i open a word document, she tells me the word she wants to spell, i tell her each letter, and she finds them on the keyboard. it's amazing to watch these little minds just explode. what a treat.
last little story from luz - our awesome nanny: "Hi Lynn, I was with Claire out on the deck for a while because were looking at green lizards, very pretty. I asked Claire what they were and she said "a little little baby alligator" and I had her carried the whole time because she was scared of the little alligator. Can you believe that?" My reply: "that's very funny - especially because she kept asking to see the baby alligator. silly girl."
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