This post brought to you by the letter......L

It is a simple looking letter, and it leads many important words like ladybug, love, leg, and lollipop. However, learning to pronounce this letter is a tough task. In the past year, Maya's vocabulary has exploded. She seemed to learn and pick up new words everyday. Recently, to the astonishment of her parents, she used the word "automatically" in a sentence. How she learned that word I still dont know. The one letter and sound she has had trouble mastering is the "L". I guess it is just a tricky way the tongue has to work to say the letter is what is giving her grief. It is difficult for a three-year old. Words like "Claire" sound like "Care", and "Lemon" is "Yemon".

But not anymore!! Maya is on a mission, a quest. She is going to conquer the letter L. She has been studying hard and practing her Ls this week. Yesterday, she walked up to me and said, "liisten to this"...."Cllllaire". I gave her a double high-five and a big hug. She was so proud. Now she works on the L sound every chance she gets.

Maya does have a certain incentive too. I've heard some mention of a Barbie as a gift. How fitting that she is accomplishing this on LLLLLabor Day Weekend.

First Impression

This is Maya's first ever venture into the water at the beach. This is different from splashing around at the pool. Her mission was to "find the perfect wave". She really loved playing in the sand and in the surf.

Maya's First Beach Trip

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Maya enjoyed some wonderful R&R in Florida....
more details to come

Saturday....In the Park

A fun day at the park. It is always a good thing

Big Girl Bed

Maya made a big transition recently. First she had the crib, then last year moved to a toddler bed, and now........a full size, brand new big girl bed. It is funny how her new bed just completely swallows her. She takes full advantage of all the new extra room that she has in her bed. Maya is kind of a wild sleeper. Another lovely attribute that she got from her mother. So often when we peek in on her before we go to bed, she is usually laying across the bed, not on the pillows, or she has already kicked the covers off.

Another bonus of the new bed is that her baby dolls and bear can now comfortably sleep beside her.

Word of the Day

GAPPY: (adj.) something that Maya doesnt like, or consideres yucky. Examples: "That show was very gappy." "I dont want to eat all my broccoli, its gappy" "Boys are gappy."

The Artist

A work of art! This is Maya's drawing of a face. She just recently started drawing faces, this was done in the bathtub. With special bathtub markers of course. Maya likes to do all sorts of artsy things. She loves her play-doh, and she likes to color, paint and draw, in fact she likes to draw on any and everything. Thankfully, she doesn't draw on the walls or floors, just paper and coloring books. .......and bathtubs.