Lumi: 7 Years, 2 Months

Summary
Both top front teeth are out now. The new ones are growing in but for now she has a big toothless smile with a huge gap for the new teeth.

Social
She is enjoying more friends, though she definitely needs alone time to recuperate. She also loves to have time to play with Otso.

Leisure
She is enjoying playing crazy 8s with the regular deck of cards.
She loved our visit to the science museum. She liked the planetarium show ("incoming!") and enjoyed all the little experiments. Her favorite was the lab time when she made her own slime.
She is enjoying dolls and characters and that sort of play. She is very creative with paper too -- she makes outfits and accessories for her dolls and stuffed animals out of paper. She enjoys recreating at home the arts and crafts that she did in preschool.
We have been watching Mary Poppins to get ready for the ice show, and she adores all the songs.
1.4 she loved the indoor water park and had a great time on the slides. but she had a terrible time remembering to not run, and to stay with the group. she claims she can "swim" but still wants to wear flotation support

Learning
She has seemingly entered the "facts" stage, where she loves to learn new facts about the world and share them.
18.3 I guess she has made a lot of writing progress. She refused help to spell "syntymäpäivä".

Language
Both languages are pretty strong these days, but now she plays with Otso in Finnish.

Events
3.3 Josh visit
4.3 jääjuhla - pony rides and dog sled rides
9.3 neighbors came over for the evening
10.3 Heureka Science museum
13-16.3 Kimmo gone
14.3 front tooth out!
17.3 dinner at Michele and Janne's
25.3 Maija Poppanen jääshow
30.3 good Friday, trip to the zoo
1.4 Flamingo spa with the Lankinens
2.4 easter bunny brought lots of candy; hunting eggs

Random
14.3 she woke me up at 3:45 am to tell me that her tooth fell out.

11.3 we smelled a man's cigarette and she pointed out that it was gross to smell. And we talked about it and she said she would not ever do it because it stinks. But then she paused and said, "well, maybe when I'm a grown up". I guess she thinks it might be acquired, like wine and spinach and other things she currently does not like.

She really wants a pet, and I have sort of promised to get her a fish this summer.

27.3 she borrowed a realistic - looking doll from her friend. I was calling it a "dead baby" and she said "it's not dead, it's just old!"

30.3 favorite animals at the zoo were the otters