If I was clever and took the time, I would re-write The Sound of Music's "Favorite Things" song to include Grace's. She has some fun ones right now. I thought I'd document a few before she changes them up and moves on to something else.
1. Frozen. I feel like every other little girl mom in America to talk about this, but she loves Frozen. She still loves the movie and the songs and gets excited to see Ana and Elsa in any form or fashion. She says "FiFi" for Frozen and it has become her go-to word when she wants to be a part of the conversation. We can be talking and Atticus is telling me about something or answering a question and she will look at me and say "FiFi" as if she is also answering the question and is positive the answer is Frozen. She has 2 little plastic Frozen dolls that I bought at HEB a few months back and she has been carrying them around all week. And she loves her Frozen pillow and Frozen backpack and Frozen bathtowel. She just loves that movie!
2. She loves the color purple and sometimes, the color blue. But, mostly she LOVES purple right now and can pick it out anywhere and even says it well. She also prefers only the purple hair bow each day when we choose one for her to wear. And when she finds her purple horse or purple minnie or purple ball, she will hug them.
3. Hairbows. Yes, she still needs a hairbow in her hair at all times. That is just fine with me. Today, she even had a plastic headband on and she loved it.
4. Bouncy balls. This girl might be an athlete one day. She loves balls. She likes to play with them, carry them around, throw them, kick them, etc. It doesn't even have to be a sports ball, but any ball and any size.
5. Water. She only drinks water. Occasionally, she still drinks my iced tea, but otherwise she only wants water and she wants it all day long.
6. Shoes. She loves shoes. She has loved them since the first time I took her to the shoe store to buy sandals when she first started walking. I remember thinking it was so cute that she wanted to pick them out for me to try on her that day. But, it has not changed since then. The difference in Grace and Atticus, as far as shoes, is that Atticus had one pair of boots and one pair of tennis shoes for the last 9 months. Grace, has had at least a dozen pair of shoes/boots/sandals in the same amount of time. And she gets attached to them. In the fall, I bought two pair of stride rite - one pink and one gold. She just wouldn't give up on those gold ones a couple months ago even though they were too small and stinky and old. She wanted them every time it was time to wear shoes. She has slowly moved onto other pairs, but even putting her in a new pair is not easy. If she has not worn them before, I have to convince her to try them by asking her to run in them and show me how fast she is. Then, she decides they are OK. But, sometimes it takes a couple of times to even get to that point. And she also loves to find my shoes for me to put on or bring me her shoes to put on her even when we are just in the house. She loves shoes. Or boots. Or rubber boots. Or house shoes. The other cute thing is that typically when we come home from being out during the day, I will tell the kids to wash their hands and take off their shoes. She immediately sits down and lets Atticus take her shoes off for her. It is super cute to see her big brother helping her out. Oh and her first real word was also "shoes" (apart from mama or daddy).
7. Her pink tractor. She got this cute little plastic riding tractor at Christmas from the Jostes' and she loves it. She just rides it around the house all the time or sits on it to play or watch tv or pretend in the playroom. She loves it.
8. Singing and dancing. She LOVES to dance when she hears music on TV. She has recently gotten into Bubble Guppies for her cartoon and they do a lot of singing. She will come find me to join her to dance. She twirls and bounces but my favorite is that big smile with her hands in the air and one finger pointed up on each hand. She just boogies!
I"ll stop there but I just think it is so much fun to see her personality develop more and more!
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