My Wild Girl

Hannah is my wild little country girl.

We go to Grandma's and she stalks garter snakes that frequent Grandma's flower garden.

She has found and captured 5 caterpillars just today.  We'll keep two of those and hopefully watch them turn into butterflies!  The other three were tent caterpillars and are now deceased.

She can spot a tiny little turtle from a mile away (okay, maybe that is an exaggeration...).

She has a "toad of the day" club going on, then releases them every night and catching a new one the next day.  Or it could be the same one again, I suppose, because I don't want to admit there could be that many toads on less than an acre.

I love you, Nature Girl.

A glimpse of 4 year old Hannah...

I found this while looking waaaaay back on facebook.  I should ask her these same questions again.  She's almost 7 now!

Mom according to Hannah (age 4)

February 28, 2009 at 9:20 am

1. What is something mom always says to you?
Clean up this room.

2. What makes mom happy?
Buying her favorite candy

3. What makes mom sad?
when I don't clean up

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
tickling me!

5. What was your mom like as a child?
She wanted to have babies when she growed up.

6. How old is your mom?
a hundred

7. How tall is your mom?
to the ceiling

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
dishes (WHAT?!?!?)

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
probably clean up and then take a nap

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
reading stories

11. What is your mom really good at?
making food! (says she who never wants to eat what's for dinner...)

12. What is your mom not very good at?
cleaning (HA!)

13. What does your mom do for a job?
clean up and wash dishes and make dinner

14.What is your mom's favorite food?
macaroni and cheese

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
making macaroni and cheese with her

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
a tractor (?????)

17. What do you and your mom do together?
wash dishes and make food

18. How are you and your mom the same?
cuz we're girls and because God made us

19. How are you and your mom different?
she has short hair and I have long hair

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
she hugs and kisses me

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
kissing him

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
to the store with me

We have another reader in the house!!!

My girl can read!!!!  Really read!  She can sound out and figure out words she hasn't seen before!  She is now whizzing through her phonics book.

Go, Hannah Girl!!!!

I cannot begin to express the delight in my heart.  I have a feeling this one is going to be a little bookworm, like I was as a child. 

And I taught her.  Me.  An untrained teacher.  That just flat out amazes me.  IMO, the hardest thing to teach a child is how to read.  Everything else builds on that, so there is a lot of pressure to do it well and do it right.

We did it, Hannah Girl!  Go, us!!!

Hannah Day!

Yesterday was also another very special day!  I always thought it was very neat that God had Hannah be born on the very same day Nick came into our lives (at least on paper).

Hannah-girl day.  Of course, she's the kind of kid that thinks every day is or should be Hannah day.

Somehow, I ended up with a little girl who is into all things girly...frilly dresses, makeup, I think she would even enjoy the dreaded Barbie if she were allowed in my house.  She is my beauty, inside and out.

My favorite times with Hannah are when we talk about God and Heaven.  And people who don't know God.  Hannah definitely has a heart for people to know Him.  She puts me to shame in this way.  I can't wait to see what God will do with this heart in her!  Amazing things, I'm sure!

She's fun.  She's incredible.  She's the girl I never knew I always wanted.

Caragen and Hannah!

She's my baby!  I can't believe she is 6 already!

Things she's looking forward to this year, in her own words...
1. Learning to ice skate better.  (She's already pretty good!)
2. Going to McDonald's.
3. Going back to the train museum in Penner's.  I mean, Pencils-bania.
4. Going to Lilly's house.
5. Learning to crochet better.
6. Playing with Caragen. :)

See, told you she's awesome!  I love that girl!  Mostly, I just love that she's mine. <3