This time 6 years ago Jake was calling all parents and friends (those coming to the hospital for the birth of Laci) to HURRY to the hospital, she was on her way out. My doctor even barely made it! It was the beginning of such a wonderful life ahead for Jake and I. As any first time parents, we had no idea what were doing (and still don't)!
Laci has had a very big year. She has gone from living in Huntsville, to Louisiana (with grandparents and all the fun that comes with that), to landing in Greenville.
Besides moving, the biggest part of her life this year has been kindergarten. She LOVES all of it (except computer lab). In fact, there are some days I really wonder if I ever need to send Luke to school. She comes home and "teaches" him everything she is learning. Really, he could just skip kindergarten. Her teacher, who is GREAT, uses big words around the kids to increase their vocabulary. To hear some of these words used at home, just cracks me up. Here are the 2 latest:
#1: Laci got a doll house last Christmas and we have been furnishing it this Christmas/birthday (due to destruction of previous furniture: refer to any blog about Aubs or Luke). It's got really tiny pieces (which we also discovered do in fact digest-gross) and it takes her some time to set the rooms up to play with. She tries so hard not to get frustrated with L and A when they frequently create earthquakes in the house. One day, while Laci was at school, such an earthquake occurred from little brother. I wanted to get it set all back up before she got home from school so she wouldn't be upset. But, I reasoned I had no time to clean her house and mine. So...she came home, saw it, and said, "who did this to my house? It doesn't matter. I'm not mad at whoever I did it, I'm just ASTONISHED." What kindergartener says "astonished"? When I told Jake he responded with, "I don't think I've even used that word in 10 years."
#2: Just last week when all the cousins were eating lunch, she comes out with this piece of information (in case we were wondering): "There are some kids in my class at school who have been URINATING on the floor in the bathroom." Of course, the response from the table, "what's urinating mean?" Sorry Jill and Chris :)
Laci is such a joy to have in our lives. When we told her we were moving and that God had called us to a new place, we were very careful with her emotions thinking she would be very sad to leave her friends (which she was), but she was SO excited about the next adventure. This is very much her personality. If you tell her about something that we are going to do or somewhere we are going to go, she is the kid who will help get the whole family excited about it, countdown the days, and is ready to always go.
She is a great help around the house. She even likes trying to get Aubrey to go potty in the big potty. Maybe I should excuse her from school for a week or so to potty train her sister. It would be worth it. She likes to help me cook when she can. And when she can't help cook, she is sitting at the counter doing her art.
With each passing year, her daddy is shining his shot gun more and more and doing more and more research on convents! He is getting nervous. We could barely watch Father of Bride recently. And, she is only 6--can't imagine what he'll be like as she gets older!
Everyone told me, it goes by so fast and it does. We love her to pieces and can't wait to see what this little 6 year old will have for us this year.
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