Jack sometimes takes a morning nap after a busy morning of learning, reading and playing. Grace often misses Jack during his nap time and she frequently asks me if she can make him a special present while he is sleeping. Grace's presents for Jack typically consist of pieces of paper that she thoughtfully and carefully decorates. Grace gathers all of her supplies needed to create her present and she spreads them out all over our dining room table. Grace's supplies usually consist of all of her stickers, markers, colored pencils, crayons, paint, ribbon, hole punchers, dot markers, glue, and stamps!! Grace carefully chooses a piece of paper that she says Jack would love and proceeds to decorate it for him. There is so much thought put into Grace's decorated pieces of paper. Grace carefully discusses each detail with me as she is creating. Once her present is complete, Grace often wraps Jack's gift in sheets & sheets of tissue paper using yards & yards of tape! It warms my heart to watch Grace as she is creating something so special for her brother. I am filled with complete happiness when Jack wakes up from his nap and he discovers and unwraps the best gift in the entire world from his big sister!
I will leave you with these pictures of Grace and Jack for a few days, which were taken at Peekaboo Learning Center on Mother's Day. We have had a very busy week getting ready for our trip to Vermont and Florida. We will be leaving Maine to go to Vermont on Friday morning. Bob, Grace, and I will then fly out of the Burlington International Airport on Saturday morning. Jack-a-roo will be staying with Maddy & Poppy until Grace and I fly back to Vermont together on Thursday (oh, how I am going to miss that sweet boy of mine ~ I'm trying not to think about being apart from him for so many days). Daddy will remain in Florida finishing his board retreat until Saturday. We will all be coming back to Maine the following Sunday. I hope to post pictures while we are in the sunny state of Florida!
