One of her favorite destination is the Innisfail library, where we can get stacks of new books. Don’t dare try to read anything more than a week old; she wants the NEW ones. Often breakfast is now followed by a solitary read through of the book basket, one by one where the stories are narrated from memory or ad-libbed in a falsetto voice. She is so confident that she often declares, “No, my read it!” when mom or dad try to read.
Britta has taken to saying the common table grace when we eat, as well as adding a few new songs to her repertoire, including “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”. Britta has been going to SEEDs, a program for young children at the school.
Britta enjoyed Christmas very much; she is infatuated with nativity scenes and pointing and naming baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the three wise men. We went to see the Amundruds Gospel Band perform in Didsbury and there was a nativity on stage, as well as a rural country scene with a barn and some bales. The barn was just two dimensional, being made of plywood, but Britta was extremely ticked off at the barn being “closed” so she couldn’t look inside. That was a few weeks ago and we’re still hearing about it.
Britta thanks all the people who gave her presents, especially Tammy-Avery who made the exclusive “Who Loves Britta?” list, a little game where daddy asks, “Who loves Britta” and she responds with, “Daddy loves Britta” or “Mommy loves Britta” and so forth.
Britta is looking forward to having a new “boy-sister”. She is the first person to commit and say that mommy is having a baby boy. She told mommy that she would be her “doo-ya” if she wanted, okay? Daddy just thinks Britta will like having a little person to teach, read to, play with, and generally boss around. Fingers crossed.
