small wonders

Esme washed her hair with only vocal assistance tonight.  Considering she is 'Rapunzel', this is a major step towards being ready for Kindergarten next month.  Further, I insisted she remove her dress from her hanger by herself and get it on without help.  Mark has been encouraging her to get her own glass of water and add Dr.Pepper to it from a 2 liter in the refrigerator.  She got a glass and filled it mostly with water today - put a little bit of Dr.Pepper in it - then claimed it was 'ok' and tried hard to drink it for a while before putting it in the refrigerator and not touching it again.  Little steps...