Addi's Pickin' Up the Pace!

With kindergarten quickly upon us, we've been spending lots of extra time trying to get our top diva (Hannah) to take the drama down a notch or two and start prepping her for being away from Mom and Sister for longer stretches of time. There are endless stories about how that process is blundering about, but I wouldn't even know where to start! ;) Anyway ... the funny thing about all this is that Hannah has turned a deaf ear to all of it (of course!), but Adelaide is soaking it all in. I knew we were coddling her in several areas, but what I didn't know was that SHE knew that as well! Little turkey!

This last week of summer, I've started to kind of lay it on thick, and Hannah is thankfully taking baby steps. Addi on the other hand ... Well, she's our distance runner! In the past three days, Addi has:
1) Gotten rid of her nuk at bedtime (and without incident ... I think she purposefully lost it, actually!)
2) Pretty much given up on naps (not a real winner in my mind, but she's convinced it goes along with being a big girl!)
3) Finally started to pedal her trike by herself - this was where the major coddling was done on my part, simply because we needed to keep up with Hannah on her bike and Addi is the definition of a dawdler!
4) Pump on the swing. However, she often comes down with a case of sudden amnesia when anyone stands within close proximity.  :p
5) Learned how to count in Spanish (with a little help), roll her Rs when saying "Marrrrrta," and ever-so-slyly corrects her older sister and knocks her off her pedestal by leaning over and whispering in her ear, "No Hannah. That not 'verde,' that's 'rojo."

Guess who's listening! ;)
So it has been a pretty funny week around here! Jeff and I have always joked that Addi is more ready for kindergarten than Hannah, but the things she's picked up in this week alone have been pretty awesome! We better watch out for this one!