Isla 67 Months

Want to know what's up with Isla this month? Here are a few tidbits:

-new seating assignment = better days at school! (THANK YOU for praying!!)
-she is now sitting my her best friend at school, Savannah, and it sounds like the two are inseparable

-we still aren't out of the water yet, so to speak, but we've determined that misbehaving, constantly-talking kiddos who mess around during assignment time to be a big culprit in her anxiety 

-would die happy if she could have a play date or adult interaction 100% of the time

-I kid you not - one week I planned 4 play dates and she was still complaining about wanting to see her friends
-REALLY excited about her new morning routine chart to help her get ready for school

-loves "mommy talk" at bedtime

-has newfound love of rough housing with daddy, particularly a game they've named "tickle horse" 

-walks around the neighborhood loudly exclaiming "Mom, do you want to meet them!?" toward every new person we pass (we're meeting lots of our neighbors...)
-loving the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary from my childhood and she listens to them on CD during quiet time

-loves creating and projects, most recently, sewing

-we sewed her first dress together and she was SO PUMPED

-next up, I'm hearing plans of a matching headband and maybe another dress using a different pattern

-speaking in whinese most of the time which has been trying for us this month

-obsessed with space thanks to the show Space Racers (when we told her we were going to AZ, she asked if it was still on earth...)

-doing lots of math and loving writing her own equations at home

-really helpful with entertaining and caring for Jack lately

-fighting and bickering with her sister tons

-sort of had a brief mischievous stint (ok it was just one day) where she decided to test the rules
-I left her kneading bread and returned to find this:

-CANNOT WAIT for her dentist appointment on April 22nd (and has been asking when it is for 3 weeks straight now)

-sleep walking regularly and speaking jibberish and crying while she does it
-would pay big money to have her Grandma Crozier tell her made up stories all. the. time.
-speaking of money, earned some of her own to go toward a toy crown by doing extra chores
-wants daddy to try and "trick her" at dinnertime by asking her hard questions such as "What is the capitol of Washington?" or "What is 100 minus 10?"
-she's getting tougher and tougher to trick, for sure!