Leta Update!

Leta: Leta is growing and changing and while she is still a baby...no? okay, still a toddler, there is some "kid" peeking through, too.  She is talking and talking and talking!  My kids have A LOT to say.  She is still hot and cold with most people.  She'll love you one time when she sees you and the next she won't have anything to do with you and how dare you even TALK to her, much less LOOK at her.  It takes a while to get into her "inner circle".  She is strong willed, like Luke, but in different ways.  She is much more willing to stand up for herself and in social situations SHE will be an instigator and sometimes even a bit of a bully, which Luke is NEVER that way (except with her ;-P )  She plays with Luke almost always and us good to go along with his ideas, which is perfect for him since he really likes to be the boss, but she does her own thing plenty, too.  She loves to play with her babies and "Soft Baby" is definitely the favorite.  Both Thursdays that Luke has been in Pre-K, we've had at home and spent the morning outside playing.  Both times we've taken walks up and down the street in our neighborhood and we both have to take our strollers with our soft babies (Max is mine!)  Early this summer Leta became quite enamored with the book Miss Nelson is Missing.  In fact, it was the only book she read for over 2 weeks.  The. Only. Book.  She is enamored, in particular, with Miss Swamp.  She can pick up quoting the book any place you leave off, she plays Miss Swamp, wanders around quoting Miss Swamp, and when she's really trying to push Luke's buttons, she will say, "Lukey you LOVE Miss Viola Swamp!"  It gets him riled up every time!  And once when she decided she was upset with my friend, Shanna, for some imagined infraction, she said, "YOU Miss Viola Swamp!"  She is going to be Miss Nelson dressed as Miss Swamp for Halloween.  I hope.  I'm going to try.  A much more recent fascination has happened with Rapunzel, or as Leta calls her Miss Punzel.  We have to check out a different version of the story every time we go to the library and she is quite fascinated by the evil witch (of course).  Due to her love of Miss Punzel, I bought her the movie Tangles so now she has "Miss Punzel the MOVIE!!!"  She is very disappointed that she doesn't go to school and asks every school day if she can go. There are usually tears when the answer is no.