Rylee posing with her green snake and green whoopie cushion!
This child seems to amaze me every single day. I am baffled as to where she comes up with the things she says and knows. She is so intelligent that it is scary! I'm not just saying that because she is mine and I love her so...okay I am! But no, seriously she is so smart! I've always said from day one that this girl was going to be wayyyy smarter than Shawn and I put together. And so far, she has proven that theory correctly.
Rylee is now counting backwards from 10, counts to 10 in Spanish (thanks to Dora), wants to know what sounds letters make. She also has a little computer program that spells words and then removes a letter from the word. She has to remember that letter and then find the correct one, and replace it back in the word to spell it out. She can do this! I am just simply amazed by this! I am beginning to think she might have a photographic memory or she is starting to learn to read. Either way, it will serve her great purpose in life. She also knows she lives in Indiana, what street she lives on, and her town as well. Actually she learned that last summer. And she also knows that Gamma McKenna (Shawn's Mother) lives in Rhode Island. All this given the fact that she just turned 3 four weeks ago.
Rylee loves to sing and dance and perform! She loves, loves music....always has. One of her favorite shows on Nick is the Fresh Beat Band. She sings all of their songs and knows their dance moves too. She also is pretty smitten with Taylor Swift's music. She has her CD and wants to listen to it all the time and dance too.
Daddy might have a hand in this one...?
She had so much fun out in the snow!!
Even making Snow Angels..
And sledding down the hill with Mommy...
and then with Daddy!
We even made Snow Ice Cream too! Which she loved:)
My pink little snow bunny!
As you can see, my Gertie is a pretty special little lady! Guess I have taken over the Mommy role quite well because we all like to brag about our kids, don't we? No matter what they do or how old they get, we are always so proud of them. Why? Because it's a direct reflection of us. We all want to serve a purpose in this life. The fact is that if our kiddos are intelligent, kindhearted, gracious, super-duper people, that must say something about us, right? I like to think it sure does...!
Oh girlie, I for one, LOVE reading about Gertie..uh, I mean Rylee - haha! (And for the record, those nicknames DO stick. Which is why my Olivia is LivvyGirl to me & only the kids at school call her Oh-Livia. It sounds funny to me when they say it.)
ReplyDeleteLivvy was a lot like Rylee. She didn't want to read, so I just backed off the reading (although I've read that teaching & practicing throwing a ball back & forth develops the same part of the brain as reading uses & will help your child read better & sooner. Liv couldn't throw a ball back & forth very well & she preferred to be read to instead of learning to do it herself). However, she LOVED numbers. So we went with that & we did number stuff. She learned to count to 30 by accident before she was 3. We bought her a kiddie mouth wash that she had to swish for 30 sec. Toby would count while she swished. One day she came up to us and just started counting. By the time she started 1st grade (I homeschooled her for Kindergarten) she could add & subtract numbers, understood story problems, & could read short sentences & understand the main idea of short stories. When she started 1st grade they wanted her to count to 100, but wanted the parents to see how far they actually COULD count. I just wrote on the paper "She made it to 1000. Do you want her to keep going?" haha!
Kids like Rylee & Liv ARE really smart & they respond well to intellectual stimuli. They do well with REAL conversation & they absorb EVERYTHING around them. I think all kids are sponges but some parents don't have the time or won't take the time to pour knowledge into that sponge. You're an AWESOME mommy though & Miss Rylee is reaping the rewards of that!
She's a lucky gal to have a mommy like you!
Love hearing about little Gertie! She is so super smart and adorable. You have reason to be a proud mama!
ReplyDeleteBTW-- Your mention of snow icecream brings back sooo many memories for me. I always LOVED when my mom would make it for us.