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My dear "was listening to her friend Andrew tell us that he wants strawberry seeds from Santa so he can plan them everyday.  When he was done, [my daughter] said to him, 'Andrew, that is a really nice idea!"

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My dear daughter and her close friends at school pretended they were on a magic carpet ride today.

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My daughter "showed her friends how she knows how to put on a jacket the 'grown-up' way." 

"Letter" to Santa

I asked my little 4 year old if she wanted to send a letter to Santa - and she said "Yes....W" :)  And said we could leave it for him under the tree.  

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The CD we brought into daycare was a big hit with the kids. It was a nice detraction from the holiday songs - the fun songs from Nonna kept the kids dancing! 

We're having a baby...

So we sat down our 4 year old last night and told her that we're having a baby.  She was excited, though actually more inquisitive and pensive.  She understood she'd be a big sister - she's been wanting that for some time, knowing so many of her friends have small brothers and sisters.  I explained she'll see Mommy's tummy get bigger and bigger because the baby's in there growing. And the baby would be coming when the weather starts to get warmer in Spring. She then asked, "how does it come out?"   Unprepared for that question, I said, "there's a special place for it to come out."  She replied, "your mouth!?" And I said, "no, actually it comes out down here," and motioned a sweeping motion between my legs as I sat on the couch next to her and my husband.  Then that was about it - we'd addressed her questions and she was done.  She got up to play.

It wasn't until tonight as I picked her up from daycare that I knew she'd been listening...to EVERYTHING we'd said.  All the teachers congratulated me, and mentioned they knew all the details... She'd announced, "I'm having a baby. It's coming in May. Mommy's tummy is going to get bigger and bigger and then the baby is going to come out here. (motioning in a sweeping motion between her legs)."  The teachers said she even looked slightly concerned with that, in a way it looked like she knew that would not be easy. :)   She'd also told them it is not coming out of my mouth.  Too funny....she is SO proud.  

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Today she worked on her "K"s and "W"s and made a triangle out of Lincoln Logs