2 1/2 Years

Grace turned 2 1/2 on May 1st while we were in Palm Springs and I've been thinking about how I just want to freeze this adorable, sweet, funny, adventurous and challenging age. At 2 1/2, Grace.....

• Your favorite color is pink


• Your favorite foods are cheese, chedder bunnies, apples, cupcakes and jelly sandwiches


• You love your "hot milk, not cold milk mommy"


• When you say no, you always say "no way" with attitude sometimes


• You love to put your hands on your hips and do little dances/shows for us


• You like to dance to Michael Jackson songs


• You still love play-doh soooooo much


• You only use your bits for sleeping and in the car...and you are finally ok with that :)


• You still love Bubby and always have him with you unless we are out of the house or car


• You love playdates, excursions to parks, museums, zoos, pools, malls....pretty much anywhere we go, you just love to be out and about


• We typically have acitivites in the mornings and are home by lunch or shortly thereafter so you can take your afternoon nap around 2:30. Occasionally you don't take one or fall asleep early in the car, which throws the whole schedule off.


• You still love to go to PetSmart to do our rounds of checking on all the animals


• You love arts & crafts


• You love to walk barefoot outside, get messy and dirty outside and to play with water


• You LOVE dogs and know the following breeds so far: Aussie Shepard, Chihuaha, Husky, Chocolate Lab, Yellow Lab, Puggle and Boxer


• Your favorite TV show is Clifford the Big Red Dog


• You are on day 3 of official potty training with NO accidents today and have easily transitioned to your big girl underwear


• You still like me to sing you to sleep every night


• You're the biggest sweetheart - you often say "l Iove my family", you love huggies, love to say "I love you"


• You have a strong will (a challenge for me at times) and know what you want / don't want and what you like / don't like. Apparently I was like this as a child so it's come back to bite me :)


• You like to test your boundries, but time-outs work well for us


• You love to play with your little friends in the neighborhood


• You have never had your hair cutbut you have your first dentist appointment in a couple weeks


• You already love your little sister and give her hugs and kisses a lot. You also think about her. For example, while you were swinging the other day, you said she can sit on the tray of your backyard swing and swing with you.


• You are finally starting to play with your dolls


• You like to play hide and seek and lots of pretend play (ie, cooking, ice cream store, playing different animals, etc.)


• You say all sorts of random funny things and are constantly cracking us up


• You have a memory that shocks us at times (got this from daddy)


• Most of all, you are so amazingly loved and make our lives so complete and happy!!!!!