Big Reader

Dear Mackenzie,

Oh my goodness, you say such cute things! All of the time! Here are the latest examples:

- "Mama, if I had a different mama that wasn't you, she would not be as good as you."

- "I knew there were Mickey Mouse pens in Ms. Gruber's bag because the bag was seeable."

You are the most adorable little girl--but you are not so "little" anymore. First of all, you are suddenly very tall. I blinked and you seemed to have sprouted several inches! Your size 5 shirts are like crop tops on you and you fit comfortably into size 7 clothes. You started sleeping in your own bed at the beginning of the month and within two weeks, you slept through the entire night without waking up and calling for me. In fact, when you did wake up one night and Daddy laid down next to you, you asked him, "Can you go?" When I talked to you about that in the morning and asked you why you had kicked Daddy out, you told me, "Because I'm a big girl."

And if that wasn't enough, on February 9, I found you in your room with a pile of flashcards. You were carefully sounding out each word and READING!! Baby girl, you can READ by yourself!!! It is always so magical to witness you and your siblings reading for the very first time and you rocked it, reading out words such as "not," "if" and "it." (And I like how your teacher has taught you to tap each letter sound on your fingers as you verbalize it--it's just so sweet.) A week later on the 17th, I heard you reading Can I Play Too? out loud all on your own--amazing!!!

In addition, your handwriting has gotten so neat! Even your teacher commented on how much better it is. You are growing up so quickly!!

Love,

Mom