reading is a priority...

you see... in our house it is demanded of us. we must read to the princess. nobody is complaining though! this is part of our evening ritual... even more so than brushing teeth. yes, occasionally we forget to brush a tooth or two...or 12! :) But as you can see from the happy little princess with chicklets... they are as white as can be and reading is far more fun! So now... after bath and before the chocolate milk comes...the books! Charly is such a fan it has even become part of her vocabulary... "book"! I love it.

new things she has learned and i just realized today:

I gave her a cookie and she said "thank you"! I was shocked. not so much that she could say thank you, but more that she knew exactly when to say it and OMG she is polite!!!

She also sings ring around the rosy... mostly just saying "ashes, ashes" and then throwing herself on the floor. But it is hillarious! Ok, it is hillarious when it is your kid!

Here is the biggie... I have been taking pictures of this child since she was born... my camera and computer are FULL of pictures... I have even had to purchase a backup thingy majig for my computer to store more pictures on... and just today while taking these pictures of her reading with her daddy she said "cheese" for the camera! HALLELUJIAH!!!!