Thursday, February 17, 2011

Caitlyn, Caitlyn, Caitlyn!

Isn't she beautiful? My friend took this picture of her and I love it.  Most of her pictures have her goofy poses or her fake "cheese" smile, so it is nice to have this one.
Here is one of those goofy poses.  She is so funny. She is always trying to do funny things to make people laugh.  Today she said, "mom I think I want to be President.  Do you know who our President is?  It is Barack Obama.  I think I want to get a book about him."  I guess I know what they talked about at school today.
Before Caitlyn went off track she decided that she wanted to write her numbers from 1 to 100 at school because she saw another kid get a prize for doing it.  She practiced every day and was so excited when she went back on track to pass it off.  She did it and was thrilled with the pony she picked for a prize.  I was really glad to see her set a goal and work towards it.
Caitlyn is such a great big sister.  She is very protective of her brothers.  We had some kids over and they were arguing with Jonah because he didn't want to play what they wanted to play, so Caitlyn stepped in and said, "you guys Jonah is only 4 years old, he isn't even in pre-school yet. He doesn't really know how to behave and now you made him feel bad that no one is playing with him."  It was so sweet.  I love to see my kids sticking up for each other.  She also said at one point that she was going to pick a boy prize when she passed off her numbers so she could give it to Jonah.  I told her that was nice, but I would take care of Jonah and she should get something for herself.  Caitlyn has always been very concerned about others feelings.  I love that about her.

2 comments:

Holli said...

Cute. I love when the oldest sibling looks out for the little ones. She is growing up.

Kristin Burke Sevinc said...

I love that thumbs up picture!! Emily is very excited for the dance program tomorrow.