tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17901366.post-44332978479072721212008-08-15T08:43:00.004-05:002008-08-15T15:02:42.104-05:00When I got Anna-Sofia up from her nap yesterday, this is what I saw:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wuy-kjH5uyY/SKWKKiHGA2I/AAAAAAAADlk/79X35wz0-Rg/s1600-h/ace+wedgits+tower+8-14-08.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wuy-kjH5uyY/SKWKKiHGA2I/AAAAAAAADlk/79X35wz0-Rg/s320/ace+wedgits+tower+8-14-08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234742055447954274" /></a><br />Ace: I didn't need you for the tower!<br />Me: Yes! You did it all by yourself!<br />Ace: On the cushion!<br /><br />Ace continues to <a href="http://slipperytiger.blogspot.com/2008/08/ace-decorates.html">decorate </a>her room, although they are more accurately defined as "projects." Organizing, placing, arranging, balancing -- figuring out what can go where and in what order. Figuring out gravity, physics, geometry. It's pretty cool. After every nap and overnight, the girls must clean up their rooms and put everything away. I don't make Anna-Sofia clean up her projects, though!<br /><br />The latest? Music box bear + lots of blankets + sit and spin:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wuy-kjH5uyY/SKWKK1mnEPI/AAAAAAAADls/d9Bd0emKo4s/s1600-h/teddy+bear+blankets+sit+spin+ace+8-14-08.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Wuy-kjH5uyY/SKWKK1mnEPI/AAAAAAAADls/d9Bd0emKo4s/s320/teddy+bear+blankets+sit+spin+ace+8-14-08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234742060680417522" /></a><br />I continue to be amazed at how the girls can learn <span style="font-style:italic;">so </span>much during their "naptime." This is their highest quality alone, quiet time to work on figuring things out. If I was in the room while they learned to put on their slippers, for example, they would get frustrated much easier and would need my help. During their naptimes, they have all the time in the world with no distractions (twin sister = giant distraction). They can be much more patient in figuring out the intricacies of whatever they are working on, such as putting on slippers or making a wedgit tower.laurafingersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07375817148969604868noreply@blogger.com0