All things Harper

Harper's weekly schedule:
Sat, Sun and Mon- free!
Tuesday: school and ballet
Wed: School
Thursday: school and usually a playdate
Friday: school

Harper loves school and ballet.  She loves all her new friends in both.  She has a new teacher in school this year and loves the changes that being one of the big kids brings: weighing things on scales, art projects, feeding the fish, banging the cymbols to get the class' attention.  She has repeatedly earned stickers for her going the extra mile behavior- helping a fellow student or cleaning up things that others had messed.  She is a leader in the class and that is exactly how she likes it.

At ballet she is a super rule follower.  Mrs. Houghton keeps a tight ship and Harper loves to show off how disciplined she can be.  Some of her best friends are in the class with her: Lila, Penny and Rachel as well as her past ballet friend, Hayden.  Recently I peeked behind the curtain to watch a moment of class.  When I commented to Harper later that I could see her "running around thr room" she stopped me in my tracks.  "Mom, I was not running.  We don't run in ballet class.  We arabesque, plie, leap, twirl and tip toe.  We do not run."  Many hand gestures, facial expressions and a mom-you-embarrass-me voice rounded out the exchange. 

At home Harper is all bout Littlest Pet Shop, Barbies, baby dolls, playing doctor and dressing up.  She also loves to look at books, listen to books on cd and "do homework" which are pre-k and kindergarten appropriate workbooks.  She loves to demonstrate how smart she is.  And she is very smart, can't wait until she is reading, she will absolutely love it.  When not doing these things she loves to dj house dance parties.  Her faves to play are One Direction, Kesha, Britney, and Katy Perry. 
And she eats.  The littlest one in the house often eats more than any of us on any given day.  Graham weighs 2 pounds more than her, but she easily eats 2-3 more plates of food than he does each day.  Hummingbird!