Blakely Lately

A few things about my girl recently.  

She is obsessed with her nightgowns.  That is all she wears when we are at home and it is a struggle to get her into real clothes to leave the house.  She had quite a few that were too small but you couldn't tell her that.  Finally I convinced her to put the small ones away for baby sister by getting her two new ones that fit her great.  She was thrilled.  I mean the look of joy on her face when I presented her with a new Sno.w W.hite and Cin.derella nightgown was enough to make me teary.  She happily packed up the too small ones.  She doesn't just wear them either.  She uses them as a blanket for her peeps.  She lays all of them out so it is a constant maze in my living room.  She changes into a new nightgown about every 30 minutes or so.  Thankfully she has learned how to do that herself so I don't have to help her anymore.

If she is not in a nightgown (rare) then she is dressed up in some sort of super hero/princess dress.  

She is little miss sassy pants.  She has started talking back and it drives me nuts.  When she gets in a mood she will talk back or yell at me NO!  I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT!  Ummmm...yes.  Yes you are.  We have been using timeouts but what really seems to work is taking away a privilege.  We have talked to her a lot about all of the fun toys she has and the fun things that she gets to do and how those are privileges that she can lose if she is naughty.  So when she acts like that she loses something.  We usual talk about what it is going to be after her timeout.  The main things that she hates losing are her nightgowns (lol), her peeps (babies and stuffed animals that she constantly plays with), fingernail polish or her show before bedtime.  Honestly it makes my life more difficult when she loses one of those things but it seems to get through to her so we press on.  

The days of me picking out what she has to wear are few and far between now.  She has such an opinion.  Well really she just doesn't want to wear what I pick out.  It doesn't matter what it is...it could be her favorite thing but she will say no just because it is what I suggest.  I see this happening a lot.  With her food as well.  If I offer it then she doesn't want it.  She wants to come up with the idea herself.  I am learning to maneuver around this.

Me:  I think this tank top would be great to wear in this 30 degree weather.  

B:  No I want to wear this sweater.  (MOM WIN)

She likes to help me cook.  I try to let her as much as I can but I am probably not as good at this as I should be.  I just want to whip it up and get it done.  Having her help me takes so much longer and makes a much bigger mess.  I am going to try and do better at this because she is always so proud to tell Lonnie what she made for dinner.  We have been making some sweet treats lately (thank you pregnancy) and she LOVES to help with that.  She always says we are "making sumptin in the oven for Daddy".  

She DOES NOT want her picture taken.  I have to bribe her to even look towards the camera.  Hopefully this is just a phase...a long one.  :/

She definitely has a best friend.  We will call her R.  They were in the same gymnastics class for about a year until last summer when R stopped doing it.  Then R started going to MDO and that is when they really started being BFF.  They are also in the same dance class and now R has started back up in gymnastics.  It is pretty cute to watch them.  When we get to MDO or class or whatever they run and give each other a hug and immediately start playing.  Her mom and I have become friends and we laugh at how much they talk about each other when at home.  

She is very helpful.  Most of the time anyway.  She constantly wants to help us do the things we are doing.  Whether it is making a smoothie, organizing her toys or sorting Daddy's coin collection she wants to have a job to help us.  Just today I went through my dresser drawers and it was her job to put things into the different piles.  I hope this keeps up when the babies get here!  

sorting Daddy's coin collection

making a smoothie

She asks "why" all.  the.  time.  She wants to know the why about everything.  Sometimes it can drive me crazy if I feel like I have answered her more than once.  But normally if you just explain things to her then she is okay.  She just wants to understand.  Why is it raining?  Why do you take a bath every night, Mom?  Why do we need to get gas in the car?  Why are we driving Daddy's car today?  Why does Daddy have to go to work today?  There are about 4 follow up "why's" to each of these.  She is not satisfied with a "that's just the way it is" answer.  Sometimes I really have to think about how to explain things to her.  

She used to be such a snuggle bug in the morning.  She would come get in bed with me when she woke up and cuddle for a good 30 minutes.  Now she wakes up ready to GO GO GO.  She refuses to come into my room and just want to go upstairs and play.  This is super hard on mama...it takes me a while to roll out of bed in the mornings.  

This was at 7 am.  She brought these paper dolls to me while I was still sleeping and told me she was ready to play with them on her tea party table.  Also....her eyes and lips.  I mean...

She will still snuggle before nap though so I shouldn't complain!

She loves watching gymnastics on tv.  Grand called me one night to tell me college gymnastics was on tv and she thought B might like it.  I recorded it and we have watched it a lot since.  She runs around all over the living room trying to do what she is seeing on the tv.  Cartwheels, jumps, rolls and twirls.  She finally made us bring her trampoline in the living room so she could get more air during her moves.  It is pretty cute.  When her routine is over she runs over and gives us all a high five like the "big gulls" do.  I am just waiting for the time when she just does a back flip off the couch.  Matter of time.  I love this video so much.  

She is eating constantly lately.  And I am not kidding.  She normally has 2 breakfasts before 10am.  The first is usually 2 pieces of toast either with butter or peanut butter and some sort of fruit.  Then the second is another fruit, yogurt or some eggs.  Then she wants lunch around 1030!  She wants to snack all the time.  I am pretty strict about no snacking when it is close to a meal time because it was always ruining her dinner.  But right now she could snack and then eat a large meal as well.  She has always eaten dinner and then nothing after that.  Now she has to have a snack before bed.  I guess it is just a growth spurt because she is sleeping better too.  

Some funny things she has said lately.  

Me:  That was a good idea B.  Who taught you that?  

B:  No one, Mommy.  It was just in my brain!  


Sarah and I were having a conversation and she was trying to get our attention.  Finally she got frustrated and walked right over to us and said, "Stop the words!"  We cracked up and stopped talking to see what she wanted.  


She spent the night with my mom last Saturday night.  She kept asking GranDi when the "Tomball" game was on.  Ha!  I guess I have been talking a lot about the Sup.er Bo.wl lately.  

Random things she likes:
pears
hide and seek
rinsing off her own dishes
crafts
her piggy bank


Random things she dislikes:
putting her hair up
brushing her hair
water in her eyes
our dog :/
washing her face after meals

Lately Lonnie and I will just look at each other sometimes and be like "omg she is such a little girl".  She is definitely not a toddler anymore so I guess the next description is preschooler?  She is very logical and can be reasoned with most of the time.  We find if we talk to her like an adult or explain her discipline to her like an adult then she responds really well.  I can't believe we got so lucky to be her parents.  She is so full of personality and is a joy to be around.  She makes us both smile and can brighten up any foul mood.  I have loved watching her grow and I can't wait to see her bond with the new babies!