My Dear Sweet Girl

Lucia is a lot like me in many ways, but she has a lot more redeeming qualities than I have. First of all, she's very sweet. The other day she says to me, "I love my family, but Sylvie is my favorite person in the whole wide world. I love her so, so, so much!" It's true-she is always sweet to Sylvie and helps to watch her and take care of her. She is also very sweet to Marco, despite his being difficult at times. The other day as we were getting ready to leave the park, Marco started to throw a tantrum. So I said, "Let's race to the car and see who gets there first!" So Lucia went back to where Marco was crying and held his hand and said, "Ready, set, go!" Then she let him beat her to the car and said, "Good job Marco!"
Doing homeschool with Marco is not easy because he wants in on all the action. As much as I try to keep him occupied, it doesn't always work. So, after I was getting a little frustrated with him, Lucia said she would teach him. So, she did her own lesson on colors. They sorted our letter magnets into different colors and then she took Marco on a "Color hunt" around the house-let's find something yellow, blue, etc. The whole time she was encouraging him and praising him. It was so cute! She is a very good sister. She always helps him clean his room and do his chores and lets him watch what he wants to watch. Sometimes I think she has an old soul. She is more mature than I am sometimes! I love her very much and am so grateful she's my daughter. I learn a lot from that little girl.