Jan gingerly placed Emily in her crib today for her midday nap and quietly retreated to our room for a much needed nap of her own. With head on pillow and eyes closed tight, she was just lucid enough to notice me slouch into the bed beside her. Jan rolled over to greet me and discovered that I was not there. In my place was a grinning little redhead who proudly exclaimed, “I got out!”.
Jan had dreaded this day for a long time while I foolishly couldn’t wait. I knew something was afoot last night when I spied Emily lifting her leg over the bars of her crib and, when I asked her if she was trying to escape, she insisted that she was only practicing her ballet. She lied.
Do not trust that little grin
We promptly removed the bars from her crib today and she’s now sleeping in a big girl bed as I write this. So that’s a major milestone! But it’s not the only one. Here’s a few more we’ve hit recently:
- Emily has been going to nursery school for almost two months now and has added the words salta, vine, and taula to her non-English lexicon, previously consisting of hola, adios, and agua.
- We’re very proud to tell you that Emily is one of those kids who always says please and thank you
- Goodbye nappies, hello knickers!
- The previous point also implies that we’re on the big girl potty now.
- Emily has improved upon her rendition of Twinkle Twinkle immensely, and added to her repertoire the theme from Sesame Street, The Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and the entire alphabet – all in the last week! (the alphabet is particularly impressive)
She flies through the air with the greatest of ease
Wow, I am so impressed. May you have much joy and remember to lock the front door when you go to sleep, or you may find her on the lift going to visit neighbors. A true acrobat, maybe a future gymnast.
Did you say knickers, such wonderful timing. A big girl, ready for her next trip to America. Maybe one day soon she will even come alone. So much to consider.
Hmmmmmmmmm.