Our youngest Alex is the independent one of the bunch! She is possibly the most opinionated too! At Two and a half now she has already set us all straight on what she would like to be called, "Alex". We had always intended to call her Alex, her full name is Alexa, but when she was born "Ali" just rolled off the tongue better. So for the first two years she was Ali at home. We would tell others her name was Alex and that is what she was known as at church, but for the most part she heard Ali. One day I called her to come and do something and she walked up to me with a very stern look on her face, arms crossed and plain as day said, "No mommy, I Alex"! The remainder of the week she would correct anyone who would slip up and call her Ali! She is our child that has never needed any one to entertain her, has decided that she has no need to speak up to her potential just yet (has the ability, just really doesn't want to) and is showing signs of being brilliant! I am well aware that as the mother I may be a bit Biased, but from my perspective we've been told twice that from a developmental stand point she is a bit behind where she should be. Nothing alarming but delayed. You can imagine my surprise then when we figured out that she has 100% recognition of colors, shapes, numbers to 20 and all letters and what sounds they make. She can even tell you how to spell Alex!
Alex is too young to be in school yet so she is the lucky one that gets to hang out with me all day. She would have been able to start preschool next year but the cutoff date for birthdays changed and she is too young. I am quite glad that the dates got changed because while I had no hesitation sending Kira this year, I am quite positive that Alex will not be ready in the fall. I'm not even the slightest bit sad about getting time with her next year as well!
Unlike the older two, Alex is the first one who may have a true addiction. She can't seem to ever get enough time on the IPad! I know that makes me out to be a horrible mother, but she loves the preschool learning games and I'm quite certain that they are behind her brilliance (as much as I want to believe it's all from her me!) She has learned from Jack though that Angry Birds Star Wars is a pretty fun game, and even more fun to watch on You Tube! Like the other two though she prefers to be outside running around more than anything and will willingly put down the IPad for a chance to get some fresh air and for that I am thankful!
I am enjoying watching her open up more and more each day, and tell her the same as the other two, "quit getting so big!" As big as she continues to grow, she is my baby and will stay that way....for now!
Our youngest Alex is the independent one of the bunch! She is possibly the most opinionated too! At Two and a half now she has already set us all straight on what she would like to be called, "Alex". We had always intended to call her Alex, her full name is Alexa, but when she was born "Ali" just rolled off the tongue better. So for the first two years she was Ali at home. We would tell others her name was Alex and that is what she was known as at church, but for the most part she heard Ali. One day I called her to come and do something and she walked up to me with a very stern look on her face, arms crossed and plain as day said, "No mommy, I Alex"! The remainder of the week she would correct anyone who would slip up and call her Ali! She is our child that has never needed any one to entertain her, has decided that she has no need to speak up to her potential just yet (has the ability, just really doesn't want to) and is showing signs of being brilliant! I am well aware that as the mother I may be a bit Biased, but from my perspective we've been told twice that from a developmental stand point she is a bit behind where she should be. Nothing alarming but delayed. You can imagine my surprise then when we figured out that she has 100% recognition of colors, shapes, numbers to 20 and all letters and what sounds they make. She can even tell you how to spell Alex!
Alex is too young to be in school yet so she is the lucky one that gets to hang out with me all day. She would have been able to start preschool next year but the cutoff date for birthdays changed and she is too young. I am quite glad that the dates got changed because while I had no hesitation sending Kira this year, I am quite positive that Alex will not be ready in the fall. I'm not even the slightest bit sad about getting time with her next year as well!
Unlike the older two, Alex is the first one who may have a true addiction. She can't seem to ever get enough time on the IPad! I know that makes me out to be a horrible mother, but she loves the preschool learning games and I'm quite certain that they are behind her brilliance (as much as I want to believe it's all from her me!) She has learned from Jack though that Angry Birds Star Wars is a pretty fun game, and even more fun to watch on You Tube! Like the other two though she prefers to be outside running around more than anything and will willingly put down the IPad for a chance to get some fresh air and for that I am thankful!
I am enjoying watching her open up more and more each day, and tell her the same as the other two, "quit getting so big!" As big as she continues to grow, she is my baby and will stay that way....for now!
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