Big Day

Today is a monumental day for a couple of reasons. First of all, you are now asleep in your first real true "big girl bed". After 4 + years of crib sleeping, you have graduated to a true twin bed. For the past year, the crib has been converted to a toddler bed but still, this feels like a big step. And we've taken it because you so badly want to share your room with your little sister that we had to make a change to give her the crib. To sweeten the deal (not that it appears to need any sweetening since you are so unbelievably excited about all things having to do with little sis -- except how long she is taking to get here!), we got you a beautiful pink canopy/tent that is going over the bed tomorrow.

It is also a big deal day because you finally finally -- after much cajoling and pleading to no avail -- learned how to write a really good "A" and now you can write your name beautifully. For a long time you have been great with the S - T - E - L - L but then your A looked like an "H' with a hat on top. I tried to explain that an A was like a triangle, that you had an extra line in there, etc. etc. but all to no avail. I generally leave you alone with things like this but it seemed so simple and I really tried. Then tonight we were having dinner ( a secular Rosh Hashanah meal) at Minetta Tavern and you were writing your name with crayons on the paper table cloth. I tried to explain the A but you were not interested. Then Daddy said, "Start the second line from the same place where you started the first line." You did it and lo and behold! A perfect "A". The best part, by far, was the amazing look of pride on your face. You had the hugest smile ever. And then you did about twenty great A's and wrote your name lots more. These little moments are the big moments. It was amazing.