SELF!

So, Bean's favorite new word is, "SELF!" She says it proudly and frequently whenever she a) wants me to leave her alone to do it herSELF or b) she accomplishes something BIG all by herSELF! It's pretty funny, when it doesn't throw a kink in our plans to accomplish anything quickly.

Anyway, Thursday was a rainy, inside kind of day around here. Our first in a long while actually. So, we did play-dough for a while, then got the blocks out. Colin quickly lost interest in the blocks and went off to play "bus." But, Gillian was INTENT on using every.single.block in one structure. Her focus is amazing when she gets on a task. She was SERIOUS about this. And, she did it. All I did was "shore up" some of the less stable off-shoots.

When she was done, I got out the camera to take some pictures of her with her creation. She was very pleased with the attention, I think.

She's a funny Bean. That intensity, while maddening at times, will get her far in life!