Madeline Learns Time

Well, I came home from a four day business trip, and came to realize that madeline has learned time. As a baby, there is no consept of time. There is only now. Yesterday and Tomorrow are words without meaning.

She has developed that relationship. She knows that Saturday and Sunday there is no school, that Wednesday is Tumble Bus day. She will look at the clock and exclaim "I'ts six o'clock! Boy am I tired! Time for bed!". (Even though the clock usually reads 8:00, but she is trying). She has observed that diffrent events mark the passage of time.

So when she asked Monday night if Mommy would be home tomorrow and Daddy replied "no". For her it was an eternity.

It is amazing to watch the developmental process of children, as things you take for granted or never really questioned are examined, and incorporated into a new person's world. It is truly a blessing.

Madeline Writes Her Name

Well, Madeline wrote her name in school recently. It was really quite amazing to see. Here she is about 3 and a half, and proud to show mom her name!

So we practiced at home, and sure enough she wrote it all out (each letter was about 10 inches high!). But there it was M, A, D, E, L, I, N, E !!!!!!!

She then went on to try to write my name.

It is truly a blessing to watch as her Independence and desire to master the world around her evolves. She will tell me "I don't know that one" and I will draw it once. She then will yell "I know, I know! Let me do it now!" as she concentrates and then draws her own version, even making corrections till it looks like mine. When she gets frustrated she takes the crayon and scribbles furiously over the offending mark. It is so fun to watch her grow. I truly am blessed.