Raven's New Milestone!!!

So, Raven has hit her next milemarker on her road to independence! I'm very shocked that she did this, because she was just scribbling and then she said "Look, I wrote my name!" As a parent, I just glanced at it, ready to say "Oh, wow! Look at that!" Instead, when I saw it, I said "OH WOW!!!! We have to call everyone!!!! Do that again! You're such a big girl!" I think I was freaking out more than she was!!!

And just so you call can see it, this is what she did - The "a" look more like a "Q" and the "e" is upside down and backwards, but it's pretty great for a 3 year old!!! Pretty cool, huh?

And for those of you who haven't had 15 hours of early childhood classes, it's amazing that she has the physical dexterity to write that little (this is blown up so you can see it better!) and that she has the congnitive ability to recall the alphabet well enough to write them without looking at something already written out for her! This is very advanced for her age (not surprising to most of us, huh?)!!!

DISCLAIMER - I most certainly DID NOT help her, write it out for her first, coach her, or in any other way contribute to this creation!!! ; )

PS - I'm so sorry, Andrea, but you don't get this birthday card anymore... You can have another one with the 2nd version of her name, because the first time she wrote her own name is going into my trunk of keepsakes!!! Sorry!!!