Sweet baby Rose started her preschool career last May during the week they were studying the letter Z.  That’s pretty perfect if you know our unconventional hot mess!  And since she went to school all summer, I had to add, first day of fall preschool in the title of this post.  Sweet girl.  Rose has always been full out in life, and she simply loves being where all the action is.  When she was little, we used to call her our “go baby.”  Noelle had fun at lots of summer camps this summer with her friends, all Anna Kate wanted to do was spend her days with me, and Rose wanted to go to Mrs. Paula’s Preschool, so that’s what we did. 

Rose loves every minute of school, and I am so happy for her.  She’s learning so much, so fast and is so very smart.  She knows her shapes and colors and is starting to identify letters, numbers and patterns.  Rose loves music!  She makes up really creative songs every day and plays all of our instruments around the house with great interest.  She can carry a tune and has a very beautiful little voice.  Her specialty is ending her songs with impressive vibrato; It’s hysterical and I don’t know where she picked that up.  She won’t sing on command though; She has to feel it with her heart and soul.  She loves acting out stories in her head with any object that comes in her path.  In the shower, she makes up elaborate stories with our bath toys.  She speaks out loud for all the characters, changing voices back and forth, so I can totally follow along with the story unfolding in her imagination.  While I’m brushing her hair, all of our tooth brushes turn into characters that walk and talk and have issues with each other they have to work through.  I’m telling you, her mind never stops from sun up to sun down.  After my parents kept her last weekend at their house to help us out with back to school for the big girls, my dad emailed, “You sure do have your hands full.”  And mom said that one night when Rose went to check on my dad, she walked into the room and said, “I’m here to terrorize you!” 

Rose is her own little creature, unlike anyone I could ever dream up.  She brings so much laughter and joy to our family and is simply awesome.  Like our other girls, she is tender hearted, empathetic and caring.  She’s gentle and loving, however fierce and as in control as we let her be.  She’s such a mix of everything she needs to do anything she wants to do in this world.  Rose rocks!