Not much has changed in Alice's little world. She is still bossy, mouthy, persistent, independent, snuggly, motherly, tender hearted, and very, very social!! This girl is pretty much everything all rolled into one adorable green eyed 4 year old. She loves to snuggle before bed and cries when her feelings are hurt but she can debate like nobodies business!! This year Alice and I have become inseparable and we both enjoy each others company. She runs to me all day and says "mom, I just love you!". Of course I feel the same and I know that doing preschool with her this year has really built a strong bond. She is my most tender and sweet child and always needs me to give her hugs, kisses, snuggles, and little "bum pinches". This girls NEEDS affection constantly and understanding this has helped me better meet her needs. We are understanding each other more and more each day and with that comes so much more love. Every morning she comes into our room and snuggles with me or Nick and I think "I love you more today than yesterday". She has my whole heart!!
One of our favorite actives to do lately is cook muffins today. We (mainly me) like muffins because they are super easy to make, yummy to eat, and I can sneak in healthy stuff like pumpkin, greek yogurt and even veggies. Alice gobbles them up every time. I love chatting with her while we wait for them to bake and it has become something special we do together.
Alice has been snuggly since the moment she was born!! This girl loves to be close to me and asks every nap/bed time if I can lay with her. Most of the time I try to lay next to her and chat. She puts my arm around her and loves it when I give her "butterfly kisses". Its a constant reminder that she needs this type of affection and is much better behaved with I snuggle with her. OF course I never mind giving her kisses!
My favorite part about Alice right now is her sweet imagination. I catch her everyday playing and talking to her self and creating a little world. She loves to play with her bean boo stuffed animals and have them do her bidding. One Sunday she snuck in her favorite bean boo Maddie Puppy. I told Alice that she could keep him if she stayed quiet. I would periodically hear the Alice bark and then say "Maddie Puppy you need to be quiet and not bark at church". She did that over and over. It made everyone around us just laugh. This girl has such a childlike innocence that I love to witness.
Her favorite toy right now are her beanie boo stuffed animals. They are just small animals with big sparkly eyes but she LOVES them. We are getting quite the collection and she is always holding on or two in her hands.Unfortunately, Jack also loves them but she is never willing to share...haha
Alice is a perfect mix of tom boy and girly girl. She loves her nails painted but them LOVES to watch Kratts Creatures on the iPad (a total boy show). I am always scrubbing out grass stains and sewing up holes. This girl plays hard outside and loves to climb to the very top of the jungle gym. But then she adores everything princess and is always dressing up with heels and makeup with Scarlett. I love that she has a little of me in her...tom boy and girly!
Favorites:
color- purple, pink, blue, yellow
book- Fancy Nancy, little Critter books
tv show- strawberry shortcake, animal shows
food- chicken nuggets, yogurt smoothies, granola bars, gold fish (she loves snack foods!)
toy- beanie boo stuffed animals, princess toys, dress up, doll house, babies
princess- Belle, Rapunzel, and Cinderella
activity- park with friends and making muffins with mom
For her birthday this girl got the royal treatment. We made her a fun breakfast, opened presents, did her nails, she helped make cupcakes and picked out a new beanie boo, and best of all she got her ears pierced!! She started off super brave and then of course freaked out with initial shot of pain began. But its been a couple of days and she shows them off to everyone and loves to feel big. Alice I love you and raising you is nothing short of joyous! I would say "stop growing up" but somehow you just get better and better!
Last night as a 3 year old
