Chloe turned 3 in February! I asked her what she wanted for her birthday, and she said, "Cake!" I asked her what kind, and she said "pink and Blue's Clues." She was really into Blue's Clues at the time, although not so much any more. Her interests change daily. Sometimes hourly. But she still really likes pink!
On her actual birthday, I made a strawberry cake with marshmallow frosting and pink sprinkles.
It really is the best frosting!
It's fun to buy girl toys for a change - it opens up the other half of the toy store!
She especially liked her Minnie Mouse toy with snap-on clothes.
She also got a huge Minnie Mouse from a friend of ours.
This is what happens to Minnie when you have big brothers!
We had family over for lunch and cake the following Saturday.
She loved her Blues Clues cake!
Present time!
Then she got more presents in the mail from Dave's mom!
She calls all princesses "Elsa."
Now time for her 3 year old update. Chloe is such a little girl! She loves to shop - she asks to go to the store every day, and she wants to touch all the clothes and try things on. She told me I had to buy these sunglasses because they are "so cute!" I have to admit, it is really fun to have a shopping buddy.
Levi is her very best friend. Whenever Dave asks her what she did that day or what she plans on doing, she answers, "Play with Levi." She's always so excited to pick him up from school, and then she gives him a big hug and holds his hand all the way back to the car. She usually wants to go to the "dragon park" with him after school.
She loves clothes and insists on choosing her own outfits. She especially likes layers, pink and red, lots of patterns, polka dots, bows, skirts and accessories. See what I mean about being girly? They don't always match, but I try not to care. Once I bought her a really cute aquamarine colored dress (i.e. not pink), and the only way I could convince her to wear it was paired with pink heart tights and pink shoes with bows. The only two ways she'll wear her hair are down and two braids. She used to let me try different things, but not anymore.
She wears her Elsa dress every day (it's getting pretty tattered!). She also likes to do everything the boys do - wrestle, dig for worms, fight bad guys, etc. I think she is the perfect combination of feminine and tough!
She always wants to help in the kitchen. She shucked corn with the boys the other day.
But then she got out a broom and swept up the mess! She does that kind of thing - sees trash on the floor and throws it away, or sees dirty dishes on the counter and puts them in the sink.
She certainly has her moments (strong-willed, feisty, cranky, temperamental, etc,) but she is so cute and sweet the rest of the time that we just love her to pieces!
