Three years old!
Daddy taught her what I think of as the baseball version of three. :)
Oh my goodness "two" has been quite a ride! When I think of her 2nd year I think of BIG. BIG fun, BIG tantrums, BIG joy, and BIG emotions. Everything about a toddler is BIG. They are all in 100%, either jumping for joy or melting into a puddle of sadness. There is no balance or calm, and the only time they stop moving is when they are sleeping. Or have the iPad. Haha.
Peaches biggest change in the last few months is that she finally started talking. She was like Bug...said a few things, but for the most part didn't talk in complete sentences. A few months ago she flipped and now she talks in paragraphs. She is always talking...to herself, to me, to her toys, to her sisters. Chat, chat chat. :) Here are a few of my favorite things she says:
"I'm scary!" - I'm scared
"Come on! Let's go! Come play!"
"I'm so PAH-wetty!" - when wearing tutus or fancy dresses
"I want some cheetahs." - Cheetos
"Super ME to the wes-cue!" - from watching SuperWhy
"You're berry berry welcome Mommy!" - in response to thank you
"Uhh. What hap-pen-ing?" - when she hears a noise she can't identify or one of her toys isn't working the right way
"I'm okay." - when she falls down or bonks
And my not so favorite things she says, "I need you!" I'm trying to enjoy this, knowing that there will soon be a day when she doesn't "need" me at all, but it's quite exhausting to be "needed" quite so much. Haha. :)
As you know Peaches had the hardest time with the big move. She was off-kilter for two months, but thankfully she settled down once again and the new baby didn't throw her for too much of a loop. She has stopped having accidents, and she does a pretty good of staying in her bed now. She takes her naps in her pack n' play in our room upstairs, but that is for her sisters' benefit. If she takes a nap downstairs she wakes up so easily because all the noise just seems to travel down there. Upstairs it's nice and quiet for her. She definitely still needs her naps. If she doesn't get one (we try not to let that happen!) she is crabby and tired. A lot of times she asks me if it is naptime at 11AM!
We think her lactose intolerance might be easing up! She had her first ice cream cone the other day, and no tummy troubles! I'm hoping she's finally growing out of it! She also seems to be growing out of her peanut sensitivity. She can have peanut butter without getting hives now. I haven't tried a real peanut yet.
She knows all her letters and sounds already and can count up to 30. I think I might try to tackle reading this summer, even though she'll only be 3 1/2. She's definitely smart enough for it!
We have been working on emotions and using words and she will often say, "I'm so sad!" when something doesn't go her way. She will randomly say, "I'm HAPPY!" throughout the day. She is starting to get better about talking her feelings out instead of just screaming when her sisters do something she doesn't like. :P
She is a pretty picky eater and rarely eats good at dinner. We can manage to get about three bites in her with a bribe of dessert or a roll. :P She LOVES bread! She could live on rolls and Dino chicken nuggets from Costco! Other favorites are see-als (cereal), apple-auce (squeeze applesauce), pancakes, fruit cups, carrot sticks, chips, pretzels, and of course anything sweet.
Here is her birthday interview:
1. Favorite color: pink
2. Favorite toy: Minnie
3. Favorite fruit: apple-auce
4. Favorite TV show: Word Powers (Super Why?)
5. Favorite lunch: CUPCAKES! Chicken nuggets
6. Favorite outfit: my outfit (tutus-"my costume")
7. Favorite game: I don't know
8. Favorite snack: apple-auce
9. Favorite animal: Kitty cat - Smokey
10. Favorite song: play the piano, Have a Holly Jolly Cwiss-mas!
11. Favorite book: Berenstein Bears
12. Your best friend: kitty...slide
13. Favorite Cereal: Kix
14. Favorite thing to do outside: Play in the snow with the kitty cats
15. Favorite drink: My water
16. Favorite holiday: Cwiss and my birthday
17. Favorite breakfast: Donuts
18. What do you like to take to bed: I sleep in my bunk bed and my crib, Do-do
19. What do you want to be when you grow up: in Mommy's tummy (?)
20. What do you want for your birthday dinner? Cake
Oh funny girl! I love how she gives a little hop with each answer. She rarely walks anywhere. It's always prancing, twirling, or hopping. Speaking of hopping...when she doesn't want to do something she turns into a frog. :P Like if we tell her to go get ready for be she will get down on all fours and then hop to her pajamas...her way of staying in control? The other day she was standing on the couch and I told her to get down. She flopped down on her bottom but kind of missed and hit the edge of the couch, and said, "Ugh. Froggy hurt. Froggy okay." Lol!
I love to watch her play. She just happily does her own thing...as long as I am within five feet of her. She won't go off and play on her own, but if I'm in the room she plays so sweetly. I snuck this video of her so it's not very good, but you can hear how she just chats away to her toys. :)
Funny girl.
Happy Birthday 3 year old Froggy,
You are amazing. You are a bundle of energy, and pure JOY! You are oh so very busy, and exhausting to keep up with and you still get into EVERYTHING, but the joy you bring to our lives make it all worthwhile. It is so fun to watch you growing and changing, and skipping through life with wild abandon.
I wish I had an ounce of your sparkle for life. Everything you do is lived out 100%. Lukewarm is a word that would never describe you. You are full-on crazy happy loving life, or down in the dumps crying your eyes out saying, "I'm so sad!" and while I hope you learn to temper those highs and lows a little I also hope you never lose your sparkle.
You are full of confidence and I love when you give a twirl and squeal, "I'm so pah-wetty!" You love to sing and "play pan-o" and your music fills the house.
In this season you are my shadow. Although at times I wish you would be a little more independent I am treasuring this time because I know one day soon you will outgrow me. I will always ALWAYS be here when you need me, but today, in this season I am your everything. I hope you will one day have a daughter of your own and experience that much love.
Your little arms around my neck and I love you's make every frustrating toddler moment worthwhile. I love you so very much. I can't even put it into words. You are truly amazing, and I can't wait to see what God does in your life. He is going to use you for His glory, and I know you will do great things!
Happy birthday my sweet girl. I hope three is your best year yet!
Love, Mommy
What a beautiful sweet girl!!
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