She's Three!

For the last several months Adrie has been telling people "My birthday's on Sunday" or "My birthday's in a few weeks" - and it finally arrived! We had a little shin dig and pictures are coming thanks to Mallory's camera (my little Elph is in the shop.)

She became obsessed with letters this past week or two. "There's an 'A!' An 'A' for Adrie, and for Alaina!" and "There's a 'C!' a 'C' for Cherri!" She still only knows a handful on her own, but regularly asks "What letter does that start with?" At her birthday party she pretended to read aloud a few of the cards, following the words along with her finger and finishing with a "The END." By sight she 100% recognizes A, B, C, M, S, and O.

The way her mind works is hilarious. Just tonight, holding up my small gold ring, she said "When my head gets littler, and my get shrinks littler, can I wear this like a pretty necklace?"

At bedtime she sweetly asks "Will you lay in bed with me?" which is a funny sight because I still keep her in a crib. Tonight we sang: 1) Savages from Pocahontas, 2) Umbrella (Mandy Moore version) and she begged for 3) Single Ladies (Beyonce). I refused on that one, singing "I love to see the temple" instead. Gotta get a little good mothering in there where I can.

In this picture we were sitting in the "tower" at the top of the slide, so the "bad guys" wouldn't get us. We sat there for awhile listening to the light rain drumming on the roof. Moments like this I revel in being a mom. And I love her to bursting.