Sadie is 3!!

I can't believe Sadie is 3!  Except actually I can, because most of the time she acts like she's 10 ha ha.  When you're three and it's your birthday, you are so so excited about balloons,

 and party blowers, and your mom doesn't even fight you about your mismatched clothes.

 Your mom takes you for a birthday donut to try to distract you from going to the Y like you love because your brother is sick,

 and lets you push the kiddie cart at Kroger, and pick out your own ice cream for your cake.  Your mom will suggest a few flavors, but you will pick one out all on your own- chocolate chip, and be absolutely sure of it.

 You will go to Chick-fil-A, and come home and have the chocolate cake you requested,

 and be delighted by each.

and every.

 present.

 you open.

 (Which was relieving, because she had wanted a baby doll and I tried to steer her to something else since she already has so many.  When I suggested a big box of sidewalk chalk, she said, "that would be for our whole family."  When I suggested a Gup (from Octonauts), she said, "we already have lots of gups."  When I suggested a Dora toy, she said, "I don't like Dora very much," (liar!!!) and when I suggested a puzzle she said, "How bout two puzzles?"  and she had a deal ha ha.) So when we were looking at bikes at the store and asked if she would like one, she kept saying, no, I want 2 puzzles.  Ha ha.  Anyway, Grandma Dettinger chipped in on a little bike for her and so we found some online and showed them to her, and asked her, "Sadie do you want this pink one or this purple one?"  And she pointed to one down the page and said, "no, I want a green one."  So she is now the proud owner of this "bare bones" skeleton bike ha ha.  She LOVES her bike and wants to ride it all the time.

 In fact the other day it was raining all day and she kept begging me to go ride her bike and I told her it was raining.  She said, "but mom, I have a rain jacket!"  Can't argue with that!  So as soon as Josh was home to stay with the baby we went out in the rain and she had a blast, minus a little concern about squishing worms!

A few things about Sadie at 3:

-My big helper, especially in the kitchen, she loves to make dinner with me. There have been days where around 4 or 5 she will ask me, "Come on mom, why are you not making dinner?"  

-She tells me often what I should be doing ha ha.  

-She cannot remember most of her letters to save her life still but she is so smart in a lot of other ways.  She pays attention to everything I do and stores that knowledge away.  She knows where everything in our house goes and will call me out if something is not in the right place.  I get a full report after nursery of who was crying, and which "baby" (the new 18 month olds) was eating crayons or folding their arms.  She likes to figure out how things work and will usually stick to it til she does.

-She still loves the Y and calls the workers her "teachers".  

-Loves her daddy and has a special bond with him.

-Loves her baby brother and cannot resist him.  She likes to ride the line- she knows she's not supposed to kiss him on the lips but she will kind of hover over his lips til he moves and brushes her and then say, "mom, him kissed me!"  

-still has trouble pronouncing a lot of things right and getting the grammar right but it is improving I think.  

-is often very dramatic, one of her little phrases she says all the time right now is "oh gosh" as if she is a flustered old lady, only it is even cuter cause it comes out more like, "oh dosh."

-wears a patch for two hours a day and does really well with it, she often goes and gets it and puts it on by herself without me even telling her to.

-can be very shy around people but has a way of making people fall in love with her.

-one of my favorite things she asks me a lot is, "Mommy, do you love me really bad?"  Yes, Sadie, I love you so bad!!!  Please stay 3!