Brenna spells her first sentence

I am so proud of Brenna. We are sitting here doing her homework (I am also scrapping so I don't become the overly, obsessive mother--it's a great way to be available and not anal). Her homework is to write two sentences with the word can, her spelling word for the week. Her first sentence is "Can you trust me?" Brenna sat there and sounded out the word trust. I was so excited. So, Tobin of course, mimiced me. Little stinker! But Brenna wrote this sentence completely on her own and I was excited to see her smile at something she had accomplished. If you can catch it, this is certainly like when they eat their first food, get their first tooth, first roll over, you get the idea. Brenna is growing up. Someone asked me yesterday if my kids were growing up to fast. What I do think is that the days go by like weeks, and the weeks go by like days. In essence, the days are long and the weeks are fast. I love this stage with my children as I have loved every stage before (although I wouldn't mind a shortened toddler period), so I look forward to the next stage to discover what I still don't know about my children. Although I will admit that having them go visit their grandmother for a weekend is always fun. Breaks are fun; it makes you appreciate them more.
On another note, Andy and the whole sports car thing: He called me soon after he picked up his car and was like a child on Christmas Eve. You could hear the excitement in his voice as he retold the event where he asks for a more European car than the Ford he was supposed to originally have. Doesn't that sound like Andy? Andy was so excited to have that car; it is on his list of dream cars to own one day! I hope he has a great time in England.