Lyra

Lyra is talking a lot more than before. Some of you may not know that Lyra has been receiving regular speech therapy since December to encourage her to use language to communicate and to build her vocabulary. Maybe it's being the third child but she has not been so forthcoming with conversation as Will and Eva were. However, she understands everything and has a great little sense of humor. New phrases include "Excuse me," "Bless you," and "Naked me!" because she is at that age where she likes to run around without a shirt on.

Lyra is also a little monkey and climbs adeptly on and over everything, just like Eva. She sees Eva in gymnastics and wants so badly to have her own gymnastics class. Eva taught Lyra to do a forward roll. I am sure a cartwheel is not far behind.

Lyra's favorite song for me to sing to her is the one about the three little kittens losing their mittens. Her favorite books are Goodnight Moon and Owl Babies. I think Go Dog Go is is a close third. Lyra actually cries to go in the car every time someone leaves the house; no matter how much time she has spent running the other kids around during the day, Lyra is always up for another outing. She is NOT a homebody!