Name Writting Progression

Grace has been working on learning to write her name. She does quite well, if I do say so myself. At first, her R looked kinda like a P, and her letter's struggled to remember which side was up. Here is an example of one of her early attempts.

In the next phase, her G and R were greatly improved, and although she always would write the letters in the correct order, she didn't always place them in a left to right sequence. See? (Sorry, this picture is a mirror image, so the letter's are backwards from what they looked like on the paper-the others pictures, however are just the way she wrote them).

And finally, yesterday she came up and handed me this:

I do apologize for the horrible picture quality, but I think you can see the general idea.

She writes cards and notes to people constantly. I think it is just another extension of her super social, verbal, extroverted side.

She knows how to write a couple words on her own. Like Mom: (it is on the envelope, and the card)
And Papa: (spelled Paapa-but she is three, so I will call it close enough)

One of her other very favorite words to write is "Love." (or in this case OLVE) Underneath that, she was wrote Elena (that is who the card was for.) She said the extra "B" was for baby.
Here is another Love. When she writes "Love" she always has a heart nearby.Lastly, one of her little people. I think this was supposed to be Tia. :) They are so cute, I never get tired of finding them around the house.