3 ½!

Today Clara turned 3 ½. She has grown so much in the past six months. She has really changed in her level of play and definitely has a much richer imagination than she used to. She has always had big feelings so she hasn't had the huge changes at three that Joshua did, but she definitely has had some changes and tests us more than she used to. We always joke that she will be President some day because she has very good people skills and uses them to get what she wants. For example, she doesn't normally tell us no, she just negotiates it. She won't refuse to turn off the game as Joshua might, she says, "How about three more minutes?" and then just keeps saying that repeatedly until you forget about it or really force her to turn it off. Or when you tell her to pick up toys, she says, "Okay!" and then just walks around the play room as if she might pick up toys, but does not actually pick anything up.  If you're not closely paying attention, you won't realize she's cleverly shirking her duties.  It's really quite the impressive skill. She loves pink and girly things and her favorite show is Sheriff Callie's Wild West, though Doc McStuffins is still a close second. She loves climbing and jumping and playing in the mud with Joshua. She is 36.5 inches tall and weighs about 25.5 lbs. She's our sweet and spicy little girl and we love her so much!