Michaela

Michaela keeps busy for a 5 year old. She loves playing with her sister and drawing pictures and stamping cards for her friends. She could spend all day coming up with games and crafts to occupy her time. She has quite the imagination and will use chopsticks as a fairy wand, staple together pages to make a book or rearrange all her mattresses in her bedroom, put chairs on top, throw the sheets on the floor and completely turn the room topsy turvy to create a bridge with a king and queen's thrown. (I knew I should have taken a picture of that one!)
She recently performed in her violin recital a solo of Allegro as well as several group pieces. She has started piano lessons and continues with dance. Mom plays piano and violin CDs whenever possible to create a musical enviornment in the home and Michaela loves dancing with flowers to the tune of Vivaldi's Spring from Four Season's. Yes, she actually asks to listen to it...or Beethoven's Rage over the Lost Penny. All the listening helps because she is starting to sound out songs on the piano that she has been hearing...OK, not Vivaldi or Beethoven, but still in her parents eyes it's brillant!
Michaela also is great at helping out with the baby! Only 7 years until she is old enough to babysit ;-)