pictures and a word

I have found Miah taking her pants off before--and nowadays she tries to put on her own clothes--but never her diaper. The babysitter says that after listening to Miah not take her nap for awhile, she went in and found Miah without pants or diaper. Afterwards, Miah thought it would be a good idea to sleep.

She has recently discovered the fun of somersaults on our king bed and is currently practicing hurdles over Roxy. She must be planning to try out for track this Spring.

Mark and I have also learned that Miah spells "no" like "NOooooo." When she says it pointedly like that, and especially when she points at you like you're in trouble, it's too hilarious to find obnoxious--yet.

I can't believe I get to take her to school tomorrow for a couple hours! Why? Our school goes on a two day retreat each year. I've never been because I've either been pregnant or had a child to pick up after school. It might have worked for me to go on the work crew this year with Miah, but I've enjoyed staying behind and getting work done in years past. Not this year. We have more students on the retreat and more students at school. At one point it was not even organized chaos when a teacher disappeared to socialize, one teacher put his head down for a quick cat nap, and I lost two students in the process. It's really not that difficult of an assignment, we just have too many students and teachers who trust them enough (because our students are easy to trust) to lose sight of their responsibility at times. I'm starting to think that the retreat might have been less stressful for me this time around. Certainly it would have been more fun.

Miah just said "trash"! She might have been slow to say words, but my consolation is that the words she choses to say mean something to her.