I love this gal - I sure do. She's such a bit of sunshine in my life. And she is so much like me - with her melancholy moments, her love of reading (she just finished her first chapter book on her own! ::The Secret Garden:: She was so very, very proud to have finished it, and in less than a week!), her love of being outside, and building with legos, and caring for her babies, and doing crafty things (coloring and sewing and cutting and gluing), and writing letters to the people she loves. And last week, she started learning to play the piano! It makes me so happy to be able to teach her and to help her learn and to be surprised at the things she figures out all by herself! She is also loving this website where she can read through the Bible all by herself. I was realizing that when she reads her own chapter books and the Bible on her own, she can hear it on her own, without my spin on it. If there is something she doesn't understand or a word that is too big, she can always ask Ben or I, but when she reads on her own, she is making the words her own. I have been loving having her tell me about what she's reading. We're going to pick out another chapter book for her to start today. And I'm just loving every moment with this girl of mine.