Laneah at 4 years, 3 months

I had a little panic attack this month when I realized Laneah's first year of preschool was almost over. She is getting big so fast and as excited as I am for things to come, I wish it would slow down just a little.

Some of Laneah's current sayings:

*"I am a lucky duck"
*"halfed it in part". Usually in reference to tearing something in half to share, but she says this at least once a day.
*"ripping paper" wrapping paper; but her logic makes complete sense.
*Laneah renamed herself "Crankie Cookie Carter" and sometimes makes us refer to her as Crankie Cookie.
* She still uses b for v, so instead of vanilla it is banilla, or bacation instead of vacation.

New and Current Things:

*She still loves to play "deep dark" but has become obsessed with anything that glows in the dark.

*She loves to play pretend. Her most common characters are Rapunzel and Daphne(from Scooby Doo). Jason is always either Flynn or Fred, so either her husband or boyfriend. It is so cute. She even has special wedding shoes (a pair of my heels) that she uses for her "wedding ceremony".

*She is not very interested in books, but is doing better at writing letters and likes anything with math (patterns, counting, etc). She wrote her name by herself in the correct order for the very first time herself this month(it is a tough name to learn).

*Laneah has the same taste buds as her daddy. They love to eat seafood, chinese food and dark meat chicken together. She still calls Chinese food "China food" and insists on eating it with chopsticks.

*She is always asking people if they love her or if the are proud of her. She cares about what people think of her.

*Laneah likes being silly, but doesn't like being called silly(she is very sensitive). She enjoys making people laugh.

*We have had issues with fibbing and dramatic outbursts, but overall she is doing well behaviorally.

*Laneah likes to create. She likes play doh and anything crafty with glue, paint, scissors, glitter, etc. She is also very messy. She is getting better at cleaning up after herself but still has a long way to go.

*She has her own sense of style and is very picky about what she wears.

After years of begging to play soccer she is on a team and prefers to pick grass and put it in her hair than kick the ball. lol. But she is the cutest soccer player ever.

*She is my busy body. She always wants to be going and going and wants to play with friends all day long.

Laneah is my creative ball of energy. She amazes me, exasperates me and makes me laugh in ways no one else can. I love this little girl.