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With any luck, ruby is going to turn out to be a dirt loving tree hugging child of the forest. And she's well on her way. We headed up to the ravine near our house this week and she decided that the long grass was perfect for grass angels – very similar to snow angels.…… Continue reading Check out the flower child

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This was interesting and appealed to the child developmentalist in me. Take a close look at the words coming out of the left hand side of the character's mouth and you will notice that they are all carefully written backwards. Why did you do the writing this way – I asked Charlotte – who knows…… Continue reading Grandma’s birthday card

Ate a large dinner. Then asked if she could make her own lunch to take to school tomorrow. Proceeded to make herself a post dinner peanut butter sandwich and devour it as an after dinner snack. And then a second sandwich. Like dust bunnies and a Hoover. Gone.

Now she's climbing the tables at the library and quite pleased with herself at being able to do it!

When she doesn't know I'm there. Charlotte is the one in the green pants and hunched over. She is picking up tiny blue beads out of the grass after her friend fell, skinned her knee, broke her ankle bracelet, and had a minor melt down at the loss. Very cool to see how helpful and…… Continue reading Amazing to watch her,

“Abu naba apple” Slowly but surely, she is starting to talk. And very clearly this morning, when I asked her if she wanted her milk, she shook her head and told me that she wanted an apple. Astonishing to hear words coming out of her mouth.

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Charlotte loves her bike and is determined to take care of it. Here she is screwing on the horn. She is striving for independence. And earning it. She is a remarkable human being.