August 27, 2000 Sunday Julia is 3 years and 4 months old Dear Julia,
You just woke up from a nap. You have joined your sisters who are creating a decorated portfolio folder. You and Margret made yours on Friday while I was at my photo crop. I was so impressed with both yours and Margret's work.
Speaking of being impressed with your work... last Sunday you out shown all the other 10 nursery children with the craft. You each received a drawing of a house with the caption "I am thankful for my home" (the topic of the lesson). You each received stickers to place on the drawing -- including "grass" stickers, "butterfly" stickers, a "wagon" sticker, and a "child silhouette" sticker. You were able to peel and place all your stickers and you placed them in logical positions: the butterflies in the sky, the child in the doorway, the grass and wagon on the ground horizontally. I wouldn't have thought anything of this if I had not seen how very advanced it was compared with the other children. You also carefully colored in the window and door with a yellow crayon. And most amazing of all -- you were able to cut out two "helping hand" shapes! (with your left hand, even). Most of the children could not even use the scissors.
Last week you came to the mall with your sisters to do some school clothes shopping. We spent a lot of time in the children's clothing and shoe departments. After awhile Laura decided to read and Lark and Trina wanted to sit down with her. You came with Margret and I. We got so involved collecting clothes to try on that we didn't notice that you weren't with us. After a half hour we joined Laura and asked where you were. She said you were with us! In the meantime your dad had joined us and he was with Trina and Lark looking for you. So Margret and I went to look for you too. We found Dad who had found you. You were wearing new sandals. I said to Dad, "You didn't buy those for her did you?" He said, "no, I thought you did." So we took the sandals off you and headed for the shoe department while he headed home with you. We found a clerk. Apparently you had not been noticed by any employees. She found the sandals. They were on sale and there was a stack of six boxes. We opened each box and found your old sandals tucked neatly inside the bottom box! The lid was on the box and the boxes were in a neat tall stack.You knew exactly what you were doing. You had told us your old sandals were too little for you!
Later that day we were at another clothing store and you found lots of clothes, swimsuits, and shoes to try on. You even went into a dressing room by yourself. Me and another lady were waiting in line for our turn in one of the two rooms. I was surprised to find we were waiting for the room you were in all along! You loved the little black platform shoes. And you loved a two-piece swim suit. We ended up not buying any of them. Sigh.
You call Margret "Barget". You say "fot" istead of "spot".
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