New to Bun Bun

We've acquired some toys for Bun Bun from yard sales.  She now has a little play house and a sand/water table.  The girl loves to be outside.  Thankfully, there hasn't been too many mosquitoes, and we're close to the house to avoid deer ticks in the wooded areas of the back yard.

Bun Bun turns 3 next Monday!  That's hard to believe!  For the rest of the summer, she will continue to go to preschool two days a week.  Come September, she will be attending another preschool 5 days a week, from 8:30 to 2.  It'll tire her out in the beginning but I think it'll ultimately be good for her.  She will even ride a yellow school bus!

Miss Smarty Pants tested herself into a regular preschool.  Even though she will still need speech, occupation, and physical therapy, she is "age-appropriate" for cognitive skills.  She is able to match pictures (e.g. card with a bear to picture of a bear in a book), correctly point to various objects, self-correct, and problem-solve.  She is amazing!  Recently, I found her correctly answering this electronic toy she has.  It would partially show an animal and ask for identification by the first letter.  Even if she has memorized all 26 animals, it is still very impressive.

Bun Bun checks out her little house.

Looks bigger inside

Pretend ice cream and cones

Sand and water table

Bun Bun explores coneflowers.

That's good reads!

Asian tulips at Longwood Gardens

Lunch with Mama at Longwood Gardens

Baby Bunny and Daddy Selfie!

Little Girl

Daddy took some pictures of Bun Bun over the last couple of weeks.  Somehow, she looks more and more like a little girl, rather than a baby.  This makes me sad.  I know I can't keep her little.  When she sits on my lap, I can read over the top of her head any more.  It has actually been a long while since I was able to do that.  Everyone says that she looks different.

Next month, after she turns three, she will be attending pre-school officially.  Her services (physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy) will continue through the school.  Good folks who have been coming to the house for all of that (Rachel then Noelle, Carmela, and Pam, respectively) will be switched over to a new crew.  This is all part of the Early Intervention campaign.  Then, when Bun Bun officially starts kindergarten in the public schools, it'll be another transition.

I've decided to keep her at the same pre-school she currently attends.  It's through the same place where her birth-to-3 therapists are centralized.  Almost all the teachers, even those not in her class, know who she is by name.  She has started to make friends.  By the way, her BFF is a little girl, probably about the same age, named Helena.  I overheard Helena telling her dad that Bun Bun is her sister.

Bun Bun's new bike helmet!

Dandelion!  There were a lot more earlier in the spring.

Doesn't Bun Bun look "older"?

Big Girl will be getting ready to conquer the potty this summer!