Reese's Summer

Reese's summer has been full of imaginary play--and the more toys involved, the better.

If left to her own devices, Reese has taken to creating forts in our living room using every pillow, blanket, and cushion she can find. (Which includes plundering every room in the house to find them.)

Reese also enjoys making picnics and parties. She lays out her pink blankie in the hallway or in her room and proceeds to invite all her stuffed animals and use all the food from her kitchen and baby station to entertain them.


We also recently introduced Reese to Legos. Not big toddler-sized Legos, the REAL thing. (Which happen to be Kim and my collection of childhood Legos. Yes, I did save them that long, and they used to be a hit in my classroom during rainy day recess.) The first night we got them out for Reese, I think Kevin and I had more fun than she did. Since Paige gets into everything, Reese can only play with them in her room with her door closed, but those rules have not dissuaded her yet. I must admit that stepping on Legos in bare feet might be almost as painful as stepping on upturned Barbie high heels.

Suddenly Reese knows all her letters and letter sounds. There have been no flash cards or drills, and Mommy has no time for reading instruction, but somehow she's figured it all out. Now she likes to say words and then inform us what they start with. "/P/, /P/, Paige. Paige starts with P! So does penguin, and purple, and pink, and...." You get the picture. I guess reading comes next, but wow, I'm not quite ready for that. On second, thought, if it means she can read to herself, maybe I am...