Lumi: 7 Years

Summary
She is 7!

Social
When they aren't happy with their toys in a kids meal, we encourage them to go and see if they can trade it for something else. Lumi is quite good about asserting herself in this way.
She is excited to invite a bunch of friends to her birthday party. It was rainbow-themed and she kept it classy.

Leisure
She is really into space these days. Grandma got her some space-themed gifts for Christmas, and she loves them. Especially the books. She loves the book about Scott Kelly.
We have a couple months of free HBO, and the kids are enjoying the different cartoons. The favorites are "We Bare Bears" and "Be Cool Scooby Doo".
She is excited to make a bunch of decorations for her birthday party.
She hasn't been into board games as much as Otso, but she almost always answers "yes!" when asked if she wants to play Uno. It seems like the right level for her.

Learning
We are not too surprised, but her reading is getting better and better. She is absorbing all the wacky English spelling exceptions, and taking them in stride (instead of outrage, which was the typical reaction a year ago). She is usually comfortable pushing herself now to read.
13.1 lumi realized "the guy" from pikku Kakkonen is made out of clay too.
26.1 they held a mock presidential election at eskari. they reviewed the platform for all the candidates, and we were very impressed that she thought that Pekka Haavisto had the best ideas.

Language
She seems very comfortable with both Finnish and English these days.

Health
We are trying a new bedtime -- 19:30. I am feeling good about it. Otso is a bit less consistent but she clearly needed the sleep.


Events
4.1 goodbye to grandma, at temporary päiväkoti
8.1 back to eskari
12-19.1 Kimmo gone
15.1 playdate with Bella
28.1 Mia and Lili came over for a playdate
3.2 birthday party

Random

13.1 she had an ouch on her forehead and she explained that "that's from swim class when I dived and hit my head on the bottom of the pool. It's happened a lot to me before 'cause I love it."

18.1 she stayed home by herself for 20 minutes while I picked up Otso from the neighbors'  house.

15.1 when the cleaners arrived as we were leaving for the day lumi said hello to them and then, as she was closing the door,  "good luck!"

20.1 she pointed out that the longer Isä is away, the better the presents are when he comes back.