Her own little ideas

Aubyn is 15 months now and growing more into a little girl everyday. She almost seems to be growing faster than Trey, because she thinks she can do everything Trey does. She wants to draw, color with markers, run, play tag, hit the ball off the tee and run the bases, ride bike, and do all sorts of big kid stuff. And with her determination she almost does a good job at over half of these things. In fact, today she lugs the markers, crayons, and coloring book bag out of the cupboard and brings them to me. I ask her, "do you want to color?" and she gives me a big smile and claps her hands. Here we are on the counter coloring with markers and colors! She is spoiled!

Aubyn may not be able to say a lot of words but she sure has no problem letting you know her ideas and what she wants. She can say, "mommy, daddy, tey(Trey), tate, woof, meow, hi, josie and I have heard a few more words, just not ones that she uses consistently. On vacation I heard, "my turn (as her and breslyn were taking turns on a little slide), robbi, and her normal uh, uh." But like I said before she will let you know what she wants even if she can say the words or not!

Aubyn loves to imitate. If you do a little dance, she will do one too and laugh. If you make a funny face she will try and laugh. If you run around, she will do it too. If you shake your head up and down side to side, she will grin and do it too. She is a funny little girl. On vacation with the Boogerds we learned that she loves to play ring around the rosie. She would hold our hands, act like she was singing, and when the time came to fall down she was on her butt and then her back rolling around. It was so funny! At home she still would grab my hands and want to play. Also on vacation Robbi brought a baby stroller, diaper bag, and doll. Aubyn loved caring around the purse, taking things in and out, and pushing her doll in the stroller. I think we know what we need to get her for Christmas! It was so fun to see her act like a girl!
On vacation we also put her first little pony tail in on top of her head. It stuck straight up but she left it in. When you would ask her about her pretty, she would touch the top of her head very carefully. It was awesome! Then when we got home, she had to go to Aunt Michelle's for a day while I was at work. Michelle was doing her girl's hair in the bathroom and Aubyn came to her and started going uh uh and hitting the top of her head. Aunt Michelle asked to you want a pretty too? Aubyn smiled and giggled as if saying, "Yes!" Its amazing to watch girls turn into little girls!

Looking Back! Looking Forward!

As I reflect back over the summer I have had many great memories made! Thinking about the Hoekstra vacation, swimming, camping, visiting friends, fishing, taking walks, playing in the garage, playing ball with Trey, little projects, and to end it with the Boogerd vacation life has been great. This week we had open house for "Little Blessings" Preschool for Trey on Wednesday. We had his backpack packed with all his little school supplies and off we went to find his desk and put his supplies away. As we got out of the vehicle Trey put his Transformer backpack on his back and off he was to show us the door. As we walked down the side walk to the front door a couple of feelings came over me. My first feeling was sadness. Sad that he was already this big. He has grown so fast. He is half the height of me for pete sake. He has his little backpack on, he can dress himself, picks out his cloths, can tell me what is right and wrong, can almost buckle himself in a car, can use his manners, can pray, can almost do anything an adult can do. Where has the time gone? Then the feeling of amazement. I was amazed at thinking what a great little guy he is. Such a little man like his father. Amazed about thinking about all the stuff he is going to learn this year soaking it up like a sponge. Amazed at the fact God has given me such a great Little Blessing! I am excited for him to go to school, learn new things, meet new people, and of course learn how to continue to serve Christ.

When we found Trey's room we met his new teacher at the door, Mrs. Horseman. She introduced herself and asked Trey his name and who he was with? Trey was not shy at all and told her his mom,dad, and little sister Aubyn. After that moment I new everything was going to be all right. My little boy is old enough to not need me 24/7, and I new he was in good hands with Mrs. Horseman. She then handed him a paper with a treasure hunt on it. We had to go around the room and find the calender, his seat, the reading area, the blocks, sink, and where to hang his backpack. Trey had so much fun looking for these things! His eyes were bright with excitement and searching the room and looking at all the new cool stuff. We then labeled all his stuff with his name and put his supplies in the correct spot. After we did all that Trey spotted his friend Carter and gave a quick Hi. Toby and I gabbed a bit and then went and checked out our friend Megan Raman's new room. Trey looked over her room and roamed the hallway a little bit, and then like any man all good things come to an end and "Let's go." We went back to the van and just like that my little boy turned into a big boy!