Three!

That's right, folks, we now have a 3-year-old. Where did the time go? Here are some of the things that our 3-year-old enjoys day-to-day...

Helping in the kitchen
Molly enjoys pouring and stirring when it's time to make dinner, or those occasional times we make cookies. It usually ends up being more work for me because she inevitably makes a mess on the floor that I have to clean up, but we have fun together. One day when we were making pizza sauce, I went to get something out of the pantry and when I got back-oops!-Molly had poured the whole jar of oregano in the bowl. We had to throw that one out and start again!Stories
Oh my, she loves it when anyone will tell her a story. This started out with the Princess stories (Cinderella, Belle, Sleeping Beauty, etc.) and has now branched out to The Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks, The Three Billy Goats Gruff (her all-time favorite), and Little Red Riding Hood. She is constantly begging Justin or me to tell her a story, "please, please, please." This website has kept me sane, although a warning for all parents-the stories don't necessarily end "nice." Molly will occasionally tells us stories; sometimes she gets her stories mixed up!

I'm trying to talk her into being Little Red Riding Hood for Halloween-Justin thinks it's lame, I think it would be easy!

Dressing herself
Thankfully, this fetish has passed a little-meaning, she will usually stay in one "outfit" each day, rather than changing her clothes 5 times a day, and she usually lets me pick. But it hasn't always been like this-I was always excited to see what she would put together each day. For example, one Sunday after church we told Molly to go upstairs and get changed out of her dress. After a few minutes we heard her walking down the stairs and she was so excited about something. "Mom, I found a new dress!" she kept saying. This is what she had chosen:I burst out laughing right then and there, Justin did too. I'm not sure you can tell what this really is; it's actually just a cotton skirt and she's put an arm and her head where her legs should have been. So I fixed the skirt and she went back upstairs to find a shirt. She looked like this the rest of the afternoon:When the day was over, that shirt was washed and packed away-it's a little too short!

Dressing up
Not only dressing herself, but dressing up as well. She finally got some actual dress-ups for her birthday, but before she had to make do with what was available.(My nursing cover is used everyday in dressing up-it's her "cape.")

Blocks
She got a bag of blocks for Christmas and liked them okay but lately they've been out everyday. She builds towers, houses, trains, lighthouses, bridges, and "compadies" (which translated means "companies," a word she learned from her new favorite movie, Monsters, Inc.). She's very thoughtful when building towers and always builds a small one for Stockton.Princesses
The princess frenzy still continues and we don't really see an end in sight. Her favorite store is the Disney Store in the mall, even though we don't buy anything there. We are looking forward to attending this event in November, which is all about princesses.Singing
Couldn't resist this video, it's too cute! She often makes up her own songs which are pretty funny!

She still loves her brother, the novelty of being a big sister has not yet worn off. But he doesn't try to steal her toys yet so it might change. No exaggerating, she has never done anything mean to him, just always very loving and kind. But that doesn't mean she doesn't do silly things, like put bowls on his head and pretend he's wearing a hat.I laugh at this for two reasons-1. Molly picked her own clothes and 2. The look on Stockton's face!

She sure keeps me on my feet! But what would we ever do without her?