Ashlyn Update

Since I have been blogging a lot about Dawson since he's been born, I wanted to write a post about Ashlyn. Ashlyn is just blossoming as a little girl. She continues to amaze us daily with her intelligence. She is such a bright little girl. She knows her left from her right. This is pretty impressive to me since some of my third graders still don't know that! She is also working on learning her letters and their sounds. We are working on writing her name. Since she has such a long name, it's been a little longer of a process. Everyday she writes a new letter for me that I didn't realize she knew. I think reading will be coming soon.

She has been going to preschool two days a week and is doing very well. We got a note last week from her teacher telling us how well she is doing and how she is always entertaining them with stories. Last week, I enrolled her in a new preschool for next year. She will be going 5 days a week for half of the day. It's at an elementary school, so it will be like real school. I was hesitant to switch her as she has made lots of friends at her daycare in the past two years. However, I wanted a little more rigorous of a curriculum for her. This school is also quite a bit cheaper than her present school. I think it will be a great fit and I think she will flourish wherever she goes.

Ashlyn continues to be such a wonderful big sister. She just loves her brother so much. The other day she found a quarter in our closet. She immediately went running to her brother's piggy bank and put it in there instead of her own. I thought that was so sweet! She helps me every night with Dawson's bath. She helps to get him undressed, washes him, and helps put on lotion. Dawson already adores Ashlyn. He is always smiling at her. She loves to sing him songs when he is upset. I love seeing their relationship already developing.

Ashlyn is such an entertainer. She loves performing and making us laugh. She is always dancing and singing. She can dance like nobody's business. She loves dancing for us. She also loves to sing. She will just make up songs off the top of her head. Ashlyn has also been playing with her babies a lot lately. She is just adorable. She puts on this little apron she has and takes such good care of her dolls. She sings to them, feeds them, rocks them. They even do tummy time with Dawson. One day she is going to make a great mom! That was a short update on how Ashlyn is doing. I've posted some pictures that I feel truly capture Ashlyn at this age. She is such a silly girl!!!

Here she is in Arizona making funny faces. Ashlyn playing with her brother. She does such a good job entertaining him. Here is a picture of some "A"'s that Ashyln wrote. She loves to write them any chance she gets. Ashlyn being silly in her brother's bumbo seat.

Wearing her new Rockies hat.

Getting her baby Elmo dressed.

This is the dollhouse that Santa brought Ashlyn. It is still her favorite toy and she plays with it literally every single day.