All By Herself
Just had to share that this morning Hannah made her bed all by herself while I was in the other room, and tonight she got her toothbrush ready all by herself while I was in another room. Whoopee!
This morning I told her to make her bed, then I left just to see how far she would get on her own. (We’d been making it together for several weeks with me talking her through the task step by step.) She did it just fine — all by herself.
Tonight I told her to get the toothpaste out and I’d be back in just a minute to get her toothbrush ready. When I returned, she had gotten her toothbrush out of the holder, gotten the toothpaste out of the cupboard, unscrewed the toothpaste cap, and put just the right amount on her toothbrush. She was in the process of screwing the cap back on the toothpaste when I came in the bathroom. My first thought was that her sister had helped her, but she was as surprised as I!
What an encouragement! (Now I’m wondering what else she knows how to do but I don’t know that she knows, you know? 
