Happy Birthday, Lizzy!

My little girl turned three-years-old on June 9th!

If I were to describe Lizzy in three words I would say she's confident, imaginative, and energetic.  Lizzy never stops moving!  Or at least, that's the impression I get when I'm with her all day.  Lizzy loves to play outside, climb things, jump off things, run, jump, and twirl.  She is not afraid to test her abilities and try new things.  She loves discovering what she is capable of doing.  She has a great imagination.  She loves to dress-up and play-act different situations.

Little Quirks:

• Lizzy has entered into a princess phase.  She loves wearing dresses and looking pretty, like Belle and Ariel.  I bought her a Cinderella dress for her birthday.
• Lizzy loves to twirl her hair on the left side of her head when she sucks her thumb.  Sometimes she twirls so much it gets tangled and matted.
• Lizzy is still very obsessed with shoes.  Shoes end up all over our house when Lizzy gets in my closet.  She wears them everywhere.
• Lizzy loves to sit in the driver's seat of our vehicles and pretend she's driving away.  She often checks to see if the doors are locked so she can sneak in when we're not looking.
• Lizzy is very independent.  She likes doing things on her own.  She likes to get dressed, wash her hair, brush her teeth, and buckle herself in her car seat with very little help from adults.
• Lizzy is the only person in our family who calls me "Mommy."  I'm "Mama" to everyone else.  She learned to say "Mommy" in nursery at church.
• Lizzy is obsessed with owies and band-aids.  She's thinks it's the coolest thing in the world to wear a band-aid. 
• Lizzy does NOT like flies.  Flies make her scream.  She will let me know if there's a fly in the house so I can capture it and take it away.

Favorite Activities:
Playing outside, visiting cousins, going to the park, watching movies, and playing dress-up.

Favorite Movies:  The Little Mermaid (a new favorite one), My Neighbor Totoro, Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast,  Shrek, Shrek 2, all the Toy Story movies, Tangled, Bolt, Up, Kung Fu Panda, The Incredibles Finding Nemo, Spirit, Kiki's Delivery Service, and WALL-E.

Favorite TV Shows:
Curious George, The Cat in the Hat, The Simpsons

Favorite Foods:
Broccoli, pepperoni pizza, shrimp, alfredo pasta, spaghetti, graham crackers, Lucky Charms, dill pickles, and cheddar cheese.

Favorite Desserts:
Ice cream, Oreos, candy, and frosting off of cakes (if you can count frosting as a dessert).


Vocabulary:  Lizzy speaks in full sentences most of the time now. She has a very large vocabulary for her age, and she loves to talk. She still struggles with getting her meaning across at times, but she's getting better at it.  Some of my favorite Lizzy pronunciations are: 
"Mommy... ye-holp."  Which means, "Mommy, help me."
"Ska-ma!"  That is her way of saying,  "Scott and Emma."
She says "skippers" instead of "scriptures," "o-gert" instead of "yogurt," "mair-laid" instead of "mermaid," and "flush" instead of "flashlight."

Music:

Lizzy loves it when I sing to her at night.  Right now her favorite bedtime song list is:

• All the Pretty Little Horses
• The Itsy Bitsy Spider
• How Much is that Kitty in the Window?
• How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
• Kitty-Cat Man

Mommy Moments
I love watching Lizzy mimic me.  Sometimes she looks and sounds just like me.

I sometimes call Lizzy my "little mother."  She always wants to make sure I am okay and that I do not have owies, so that I will not have to go to the hospital again.  She'll ask me, "Mommy, is you okay?  Do you have owies?"  If she thinks I'm okay, she'll say, "I think is all better."

Lizzy brings so much joy into my life.  I love it when she wraps her arms around my neck and says, "I love you, Mommy."  I love it when she realizes I'm home from an errand and screams out, "Mommy!" when she sees me.  She makes me feel as if I am the most wonderful person in the world.