Our Montessori Baby

We are starting to do lots of reading on the Montessori way. Izzy is attending a "true" Montessori school in Downtown Sacramento (long story why we changed schools). Anyways we have been waiting for 9 months to get into this school and we finally got in. It is a beautiful school with a new building and an old Victorian for the over 3 year olds. They have a garden that they grow all the food, they compost, and have a river, all in the city! They have a chef that prepares food daily and in the 17 month old class they have a swinging bar that the kids can hang from and cute little mini bathrooms in the center of the class. We are beginning to start changing our home to support her learning at school. We have all her toys in boxes sorted by type: musical, books, sensorial, motor, etc. We tried to get her a little table and chairs from IKEA but they were out of the one we want so we will be back after the first of the year. We are practicing with her regarding self-control.

Izzy's 1st Christmas

Izzy celebrated her 1st Christmas. We celebrated at my parents house and then came home and opened gifts with Paul's parents. We saw lots of family and ate wonderful food. We (especially Isabella) are so spoiled. We had such thoughtful gifts given to us. Izzy got a lot of gifts that support our want to raise a Montessori child. She seemed to love seeing all her family. She let anyone who wanted, hold her, which is so great. She was also so flexible. We may not have eaten at the same time or had a morning nap, but she was such a trooper. Plus, being stuck in the car. I love that baby!!!

We have a crawler...

Well after many long days of trying, we finally have a crawler and she loves it!!! She is not as frustrated as she can get to where ever she needs to go (which can be good and bad). She crawls over to a pieces of furniture, pulls herself up, uses the furniture to walk around, etc. She could do it for hours. She is also so fast. She can get down the hall pretty quickly or around the kitchen island. We have pretty much removed all "non-Izzy" approved items, so she is free to explore where she chooses.