Today is working out to be a spelling day. Youngling has been doing fairly well in remembering how to spell the words that I give her. She loves being able to write her words, and I can see that they are slowly replacing scribbles on her drawing papers.

The other day, Youngling decided to draw on her father's hand, which is actually normal in our house. She saw a cartoon one time that showed the characters having a mark of friendship on their hands. So, now she asks me to draw a "friendship" on her hand, which is usually a star or a heart. In return, she draws something on mine and DH's hands, so we can all three have a friendship together.

Well, when she drew on her father's hand, she inked on a little stick person. At the top, she wrote "daddy". She had a difficult time getting the first two letters to look as she wanted them, but we could still read what she was trying to write. It was so cute. I had only shown her how to write "daddy" one time, the day before, for Father's Day. She has really enjoyed being able to write her own name, fill out cards on her own, and write letters to people.

Today, we made a special point to learn how to spell "God". Later this afternoon, I am going to help her write the word a few times, so she gets the hang of it. Our lesson was very informal this morning, taking place over our bowls of oatmeal. It's funny though, because Youngling taps her finger on the table with each letter, just like I do. lol