She is doing a little better at school but still says that she doesn't want to go every morning. She has been walking in herself lately though. And this morning when we finished breakfast she asked if she had to go today. I said that she did and she frowned a little but then she said, ok I'm ready to go. I asked her if she wanted to read a book before she went and she said yes. We read that twice and then she was ready to walk out the door. She walked to the car carrying her bag and bucket. It was so precious. I gave her a hug and kiss and put her in her seat and then through the open window she said "mommy, I don't want to go to school." But she didn't cry when she said it. I actually think she was trying to reassure me this time. I wasn't showing any emotion and I do not feel sad when she doesn't cry (like oh she doesn't miss me anymore kind of cries). I am thrilled if she can make it out the door without tears. And if she wants to go to school that would be great too. Still the way she said it was like she was trying to tell me "mom I would rather be with you but if I have to go, I'll go." She waved blew and kiss and was on her way.
In other news, we have rearranged our house in the last month to give us more room. We have 2 rooms that are 270m squared and a tiny kitchen space, bathing room and bathroom. One we used for sleeping and the other we used for playing and eating in. We have one tiny closet in which to store everything in. So this spring we decided to try and make a little more room by purchasing a loft bed. Gabe and our dear friend Mark assembled it together one Saturday. It was too close to the ceiling at first. I couldn't lift my head while laying down. So Gabe sawed 30cm off the bottom and now I can sit upright in bed. It is much more comfortable. We also purchased a small couch that folds out to a bed in case we have company. We added some bench style drawers and some nice wall sconces and then we were done. The room is so relaxing! It gives us a space to sleep and to play. We keep it uncluttered and find it very relaxing. The other room has bookshelves with books and others with boxes that pull out that are filled with our clothes. We also got some sliding plastic bins that hold some toys and arts and crafts supplies. Everything feels more organized and therefore I feel more relaxed. Violet loves her "bird bed" as she calls it. At first we were very worried about her falling off the ladder but we set some rules and she follows them. She is an expert climber now and goes up and down with ease. She knows not to do it unless we are in the room though.
One of Violet's favorite things to do these days is role play. We never know who she or we are going to be each day. One day she will want to be a friend from school while we play one of her teachers. Another day she will want to be her Aunt Maddie and mommy might be Sarah or Aidan. She likes to be her cousin Eos too and will insist upon calling me Heather and Daddy Sixto. Other times she will pretend to be an animal (cat, dog, bird, mouse, caterpillar and her recent favorite a rollypolly). She loves animals! She likes to be ballerina and sometimes a fairy too. She will insist on being called by the name or animal that she is until she is done pretending. She even tries to make her voice sound like the person she is impersonating. It is a lot of fun!
Violet loves music and has been singing to us for some time now. She loves to sing to the plants and to her baby doll whose full name is Baby Mei (pronounced May in English). She has been putting her to bed and singing her songs. (mommy made Mei a bed out of a cardboard box and sewed a mattress and blanket for her.) She sings to us in English and Japanese and some songs in Spanish. She still loves to read and adores books! She loves looking for letters of the alphabet everywhere and then will say a word that starts with that letter. In the last month she has started doing it with hiragana too. She is recognizing the hiragana in her friends names at school because they all have their names on their uniforms. When she sees one she knows she will say "の(noh) for ののchan!" She shocked me the first time she did it.
Violet still loves to paint and draw. She drew a face for me for mother's day and also wrote me a letter (with daddy's help). She loves to write letters now. She also wrote her name for the first time 2 weeks ago! It was amazing! I love to watch her draw.
Well I guess that is it for now. I just wanted to keep this up to date for Violet. I leave you with some of our favorite quotes of recent.
after crying "God took away my tears!"
"I wish I could fly like a blackbird"
"I'm so big! I really am big!"
"God bless Daddy. In your name we pray."
"Thank you for the delicious dinner mama!"
"I can feel you in my heart mama"
"Shadablew!" (just a silly word we made up)
"Today is your day Mama."
"I'm a scarlet Macaw"
"Help, I'm on the gooey geyser!" (from Dora)
"I made a cherry poop and a croissant poop!" (sorry TMI)
"Don't worry mommy, I'll help you! I'm a good finder!"
"I'm just flashlighting"
Violet wrote this letter to "milkies". (I wrote exactly what she said to write)
