Bella - 3.5 years

This little gal is 3 years and 6 months. I can't even stand to think that she will be four in another six months. Nope, not going to go there. Here comes the tears...need to talk about something else not so sentimental...

So, let's talk about her "hugging" (aka. tackling) her "brudder".  We have to keep reminding her to be gentle with him. Even though brother is nearly as big as she is, he's still a baby that can't walk.  She still tries to get him to stand up and dance with her though. ha! 

She also likes to take his clothes.  She can actually fit in some of his clothes, hence, she's wearing his hat in the net picture.

And another tackling photo.

And another hugging-tackling photo.

She also loves to play "mommy".  She puts her babies in timeout, she'll feed them, she'll make supper (which is usually soup and once day she made tofu), she'll rock them, she'll put them to bed.  If she's already put her babies to bed, we have to whisper when we are reading our books before she goes to bed.

Her babies have to also be lined up perfectly before she'll cover them up.  Some of them even have names.

Daddy and Bella bought us ice cream to celebrate the finish of my school semester.  So she got to eat it before she went to bed. And here's where she chose to go!

Bella is getting taller and taller and skinny!  We're having a hard time finding pants that are long enough and skinny enough and shirts that are long enough too. Uh oh. We're in trouble.   She also says 'cheese' on command. Maybe she's used to pictures?!? never!

We playing in her room a lot lately because it has the most toys.   Poor brother wanted to play on the horsey too!  Bella still likes put on her cowgirl hat, throw it in the air, and yell 'Heehaw!'.

This melts my heart!  Daddy took her on a daddy-daughter date to the museum this week.   And she LOVED it - especially the butterfly house.

Some of her favorite things to say include:
1.  Hey guys, hey guys, hey guys.
2.  Mommy, it's so beautiful out here (when we go outside in the morning).
3.  I LOOVVVEEEE it.
4.  What's this called? What's this called?
5.  Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy.
6.  Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy
7.  I am Miss Jenny (her teacher). Guys, guys, you need to listen.
8. Good job!
9.  Mommy, Mommy, Mommy.

Another thing that she does is continues to sing and dance.  Last week, while I was taking a break from studying, Bella wanted to dance. So we put on music and danced all over the living room with JT. She kept telling me "good job!" - an encourager, right!

She also has a theme song to E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G.  Last week, I was reminding her to brush her teeth and she started singing about it.  I asked if she wanted to go plant with me and she sang about it.  She was eating carrots and sang about it.  Watch out American Idol!