Erin turned 3 years old this week!! She is so cute and talkative and I have a whole list below of funny things she says :)
Erin's favorite things to do include swimming, playing pretend, singing songs, playing outside, and being around animals. She is getting really good at swimming with her floatie and isnt scared of jumping into the water. She doesn't really like when she goes all the way under though so that rarely happens. We still play pretend games like grocery store and school but she is really into playing with the little people toys and animals with her farm and princess castle. She also LOVES playing doctor.
Erin got a hairdresser dress-up outfit from her Dooyema grandparents and we have been getting our hair done quite frequently :) She loves it!
Erin has a renewed love of books lately too! We went through a phase where she seemed too old to really like the small board books but couldn't really sit still for the longer picture books but all of a sudden she is super interested in longer books! We have been going to the library again with the cooler weather and she loves to check books out and bring them home to read. She is getting slightly better at playing alone... Otherwise she will stay right by my side or "help" me with stuff around the house.
Her favorite tv shows are Caillou and Daniel tigers neighborhood and her favorite foods are yogurt, Mac and cheese, string cheese, milk, chocolate, and ice cream. She is very much a dairy lover :) She is still a mamas girl but lately has been doing really well with Shane putting her to bed at night when I am feeding Kate (it was a huge meltdown if that had to happen previously). Erin requires time to adjust to new people and situations but does well if we just let her take her time. She is very caring and compassionate and loves to make people feel better. She always tries to help Kate if she is crying and gets very concerned if someone gets hurt.
Erin's vocabulary seems huge and she loves to talk! If we are at home with just our family she talks non-stop. She is more reserved with people she is not comfortable with but will usually become more herself with just a little time.
I started this list of sayings a long time ago and have randomly updated it when Erin says something that makes me laugh :)
1. "See that hair on my legs mom? Why I have that?"
2. "Is this a short drive, a yong drive or a medum drive?"
She asks this every time we get in the car :) She is only allowed to watch tv in the van on long drives and then there 1 time when I told her that it was a medium drive and she could watch (I actually just had to really concentrate on where I was driving and Kate was needing to fall asleep and I thought if Erin stayed quiet watching tv that Kate might actually be able to sleep so I told her it was a medium drive and she could watch this time too :)
3. "Why do I have to take a nap mom? See my face isn't tiderd, my kingers isn't tiderd, my toes isn't tiderd". And after 2 hrs of trying to get her to nap and lots of crying I gave up. No nap for Erin that day and I guess she was right....
4. "I need a tissue mom. I'm running my nose"
5. "What we going to do mom!?!? I can't walk!!" In a very exaggerated and concerned voice- This was after she stepped on a toy that caused no damage to the foot that I could see :)
6. "When will baby Kay-wub get bigger so I can play with him?" Awwww!!!
7. "You are the best sister in the ever Kate!" (I think she is combining best sister ever and best sister in the world :)
8. "How bout we have Mac-a-noni for lunch" she says this every. single. day.
9. Sometimes when I ask her a question she says "no, not right now" in this voice that sounds like an annoyed 16 year old and it is so hilarious!
10. "I don't have ANYTING in my hands!!" This is her response if we tell her that she can't have a snack because it's almost dinner time.
11. Erin's baby dolls all have names- but not typical names- she has named them-
baby, other baby, different baby, Africa baby, new baby, and Molly :)
12. Erin was walking beside me and she walked over my foot which made her trip and fall- she got up right away and said "it's ok mom accidents happen"
13. I had snuck a peanut m&m while we were in the van and was happy because Erin hadn't noticed me eat it (I was in the back with both girls) but then Erin started sniffing the air. I initially didn't know what she was doing but then she said "I pell someting, I pell CHOCOLATE!" And I just burst out laughing! She apparently has an amazingly good sense of smell :)
14. She asks me "how was your day at work mom?" Whenever I pick her up from Judy's. Such a sweetheart!
15. Erin didn't really used to reply when we would say "I love you Erin" to her but now she says "I love you too mom/dad" and it is the best!!! :)
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We went to Monkey Joe's for a few hours with just our family on Erin's actual birthday. It was so fun! Shane took the morning off work to hang out with us there and then we went out for lunch before Shane went back to work.
Sisters having fun at Monkey Joe's! How did they both get so big?!
Loving the panera muffin for dessert on her birthday. Panera is her favorite restaurant so it was a clear choice for a birthday lunch :) She get so excited about little things and its so fun to see!
Hard to believe 3 years ago we became parents to this amazing little girl!
