Today

So, I'm letting them watch a movie right now because I have to get some work done (or blog). When the movie started, this is how the conversation went:

Miss C: Mom, we need some popcorn, peaches and adult drink (which is what we call any beverage besides water)

Me: Oh?

Miss C: Well, of course not soda or anything like that.

Uh, ok. It's obviously more likely that I'll agree to it since you clarified that you didn't mean soda! Funny how her mind works. They don't ever drink soda, so where that came from, I have no idea. And how random is peaches?!

On another note, we redecorated Miss C's room over the weekend. I had bought this vanity at a garage sale 2 years ago with the intention of painting it and putting it in her room. Well, it sat out in the garage for about a year, then it got moved to the upstairs hallway for another year and we finally put it in her room yesterday. I never did paint it. Anyway, since I won't let her have makeup alone in her room (that's just a recipe for disaster), I decided she could use it as a desk and I gave her a pen (which now thinking about it, could be another disaster) and paper. She's been drawing up a storm in there during her quiet time. I'm kind of enjoying the little drawings and notes she is creating. Here are two of my favorites so far.

This one is a movie theater. The things on the right and left side of the people are drinks. She did tell me the adults had sodas. The person on the bottom right has a remote control in their hand. Tinkerbell is on the movie screen in the front. Who knows what the random smiley face is in the back (I asked and she said she didn't know).

This one is from today. It's a picture of her and her friend (Miss K). They have ropes in their hands and are catching easter eggs with them (???). On the bottom it says, "I love yo (J's name) Hpe Esdr" Which translates to "I love you (J's name). Happy Easter". She sounded it out all by herself.

Look ma, no training wheels!

About two weeks ago, we took the training wheels off Miss C's bike. She's been telling me her bike is too small and she needs a new one. Before she gets a bigger bike, I told her she needed to learn how to ride it without the training wheels (I figured it would be easier on the little bike). After we took them off, I kind of thought maybe we made a mistake. She's a little cautious when riding her bike and generally doesn't like to go too fast. Well, going fast is kind of important when learning to ride the bike without the training wheels. But I figured we might as well try it. The first day, she did pretty well. I think I counted maybe 3 seconds of her riding it all by herself. After that, we kind of dropped it for the past two weeks. Today I decided we should take her to the basketball court at our neighborhood park and try again. I wasn't expecting too much, and honestly, I was planning on putting them back on after this afternoon. But low and behold, she did it! And she did it the first time she got on the bike too. I couldn't believe that she did it and that she did it so quickly today. She was able to pretty much ride around the entire basketball court without assistance. We ran next to her just in case, but she did it all by herself. She even started up *almost* all by herself, but that still needs a little practice. She's also a little afraid to stop. So we'll have to work on that. But I really couldn't believe it. In fact, I didn't even bring the video camera because I wasn't expecting much (but of course I always have my camera). So here are a few pics of Miss C riding her bike by herself without training wheels!