Since Emily will be FOUR on Monday, I wanted to do a last "hurrah" to her three-year old days. I'll do two of her likes and one major dislike.
First off, puzzles. Emily really likes puzzles. Here are two of her latest ones. The first has 63 pieces. We got this one a few months ago and she does this one all by herself! The second one has 100 pieces. We got this one on Monday and we do help her "get started" a bit. Still though, 100 pieces? We're thinking that's fairly impressive.
Secondly, Emily and her "slight" obsession with the color blue. Okay, it's just a bit more than slight. She has loved blue since I can remember. Lately, however, I've noticed that some of the blue things in our house (mostly, her toys) have been disappearing. After quiet time today, I go into her room and low and behold, some of the blue items are on her nightstand! All set up. She also has a container full of just blue things. She's a bit of a hoarder, I think. In any case, it's pretty cute.
Finally, the dislike. This is very funny. Emily ABHORS Cheerios. She seriously has a major aversion to them and will avoid a Cheerio at all costs. As a baby, it was not always so. She used to eat them, but then, her sensitive gag reflex would come in and throw them up. Yuck. Ever since, she will yell out "Mom! There's a Cheerio on the floor!" should Christian drop one of his. She also has a super-sniffer nose when it comes to this cereal. She can smell a Cheerio in church, on peoples' breaths, even if no one is eating them and they're up on the counter. It's so bad that she won't even go near a Cheerios box.
Now, being the good parents that we are, do we exploit this? Of course we do! Emily's bedtime antics were so bad at one point that we had to resort to threatening Cheerios. And, mind you, all we had to do was threaten with the BOX. We never had to even take any out. She got so mad about this one night though that she yelled, "This isn't fair!" and got up the courage to kick the box over! Hilarious to say the least. Now, just the mere question, "Do we need to get the Cheerios out?" is usually enough to curb any unruly behavior.
These last three years sure have been fun. Well, fun after the first five months of her life, at least. (I just shudder when I think about that time...) We are just so blessed to have such an amazingly smart and quirky little "big" girl! We love you, Emily!
5 comments:
Those are such treasured things - I love her blue obsession - she must be going to have an art or design streak! What an adorable girl - I am thoroughly jealous. She is just the cutest! Happy Thanksgiving, too. xoxo Lizabeth
we still laugh about the Cheerios, especially because her dad survived on Cheerios due to being a picky eater. she's a great girl and we love her the way she is.
Who would have thought that Cheerios can be considered a tool of child torture!!? Love it!
She is such a funny girl! The puzzles are amazing. And the blue obsession is so funny. And the cheerio thing- that cracks me up! What a kid!
That's so funny about the cheerios. I can't help but laugh that it becomes a "threat" when you need it. Sydney has a few weird ones like that too...now that I think about it, I'll have to write them down sometime because that is the stuff that is so fun about kids.
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