Allison

Allison is our little drama queen. She's excited to be in preschool again and is busy working on learning her letters. We are often answering questions of "how do you spell..." and helping her sound out words and write letters. Allison's a lefty and her favorite color is PINK. She is definitely a 4 year old girl!

Hint, hint

Allison often has a roundabout way of getting her message across. She always knows exactly what she wants and how she wants it, but sometimes makes you guess what it is. For example, as we pass Dairy Queen on the way home we might hear, "I really like icecream....pink icecream is my favorite!" When we don't catch on to her hint, she continues to offer easier ones until we finally get it. Often she will ask questions that she already knows the answer to (kind of like the sunday school teacher that only has one answer in mind and dismisses all others until you get the one they were thinking of). Offering a choice of toys or food she asks, "Which one do you want?" knowing full well which she is going to allow you to have. Another one I hear all the time is, "Mom, what should I do that's really fun?" After several of my suggestions are shot down I ask her what she thinks she should do. Of course she already had something else in mind and responds, "Well, I was thinking we should....."

And the winner is...

Allison is one competitive kid. Contrary to popular belief, winning IS everything. She loves any kind of competition that involves "who can _____ first?" or "who is the fastest ____?" This can be quite helpful in situations like bedtime (putting on pj's, brushing teeth, etc...she even insists on saying her prayers first, before Lauren). The other night when I was cutting up some veggies for dinner she got the timer out. "OK mom, you have to cut up the whole carrot before it beeps!"