Two-Thousand and Seven

I found this little notebook with various scribbles, lists and then I found this (in my writing from 2007, *Mila* was turning 3 that year):

2007:

January - sing, sing, sing
February - skating
March - Gramma visits & 3rd birthday!
April - Art school, new friends
May - hiking, colouring galore
June - trip to Soo
July - reading a few things (she was three!)
August - trip to Soo (did we leave and go back?)
September - swimming, CN Tower, Black Creek Village
October - art school, spelling
November - art school, reading & writing
December - Christmas, spelling

Highlights from year
- writing own name
- changed bedrooms
- art school
- swimming
- starting to read
- taking photos
- making friends
- skating
- colouring

You have been delightful in so many ways. You can jump, hop, dance and sing. You love to 'ham' it up and make up songs. You love to dance, act and dramatize EVERYTHING! You are expressive. You are intense. You are sensitive. You are observant. You are alert. You are aware. You do not blend in and we are so proud of you for that. I watched you watch today. It is your way of psyching yourself up to do something. Your cautiousness seems absurd to others around us. To us, it is perfectly acceptable, normal and warranted. This world is not what it used to be. You know the dangers better than the rest of us.

signed, the willow