Vela Lately...

Vela suddenly seems so grown up. maybe it is because Hema is at school all day and isn't here to do stuff for her, but suddenly it seems like she can do everything herself! It makes me happy and sad at the same time!!

She is loving preschool. The past few days they are learning about colors. We dressed her to match the color they were learning. 

Red

Yellow... I should have turned her so the sun wasn't right in her eyes!!

Black

Brown... that's a color that was hard to find in her closet!

Blue - Luckily Halle gave Vela this cute blue dress. The only other blue thing in her closet was jeans and she refused to wear them! 

I could go on through all the colors, but you get the idea. Did you notice she wasn't wearing pants in any of the pictures? Princess Vela is definitely a girly-girl! 
Vela is getting so tall! She is way taller than all the other kids in her preschool class, especially taller than the boys!
She is such a sweet big sister. Cora lately shadows Vela everywhere and loves to go over and hug and cuddle and kiss her. It is so sweet to see those 2 girls together.
Vela has moved into her own bedroom. For a while we moved her bed into Hema's room because she was scared to sleep on her own. Now she loves her room. She has a big bookcase full of kids books and sits for hours at a time looking at them.

Vela is such a good helper around the house and loves to help me cook, clean or do just about anything.
Vela recently learned how to wink and loves to walk around winking at everyone!

We love Vela so very much and are so grateful she is part of our family!