Cara has started learning letters other than A-B-C. Those three were the only ones she recognized for months on end, and then I think something clicked and now she knows almost all of them. Its such a relief to have her shouting “Mom!! Look there’s a Tappin’ T!” instead of just A over and over and over again. Naturally, with 2 older siblings this has also led to learning, or attempting to learn how to spell words.

Overhead in the backseat:

Cara: Rachel. This is how you spell Kiki (her stuffed monkey’s name), “E-I-O-H-A”.

Rachel: No. That’s not how you spell it. It’s “K-I-K-I”.

Cara: No! No! No! You spell it “H-I-T-C-A”.

Rachel: Let me get a piece of paper to write that down for you.

What a glorious Christmas week! Full of stories, ornament making, Christmas trees, canoeing, and time with family. Hope you had a great one as well!