joybird has quite the imagination and is ALL about the pretend play. the other day, she thought up this grand idea that she insisted on carrying out. she runs into the living room saying "mama mama, up up!!" literally grabs me by the neck and pulls me to my feet, then drags me into her bedroom where she had spread a "picnic" blanket of sorts. she pointed and patted the ground to show me right where i was supposed to sit.
next, she went to the other side of her room and started carrying, one by one, all 4 of her chairs and placed them in a circle around me.
i'm sitting there thinking, where on earth is she going with this? after all 4 chairs are in a circle around me, she leaves the room and grabs all her favorite friends and places them on certain chairs. THEN, she leaves the room again, saying "piper, piper!" turns out, piper wanted nothing to do with this little picnic she was preparing, so she heads back and proceeds to give everyone a cupcake and a beverage. i'm serious. she walked around feeding everyone, including me. she even took puppy and tiny over to her play kitchen and washed their hands.
at one point, she kicked bunny out of his chair and placed me in it. and then, she pulled up her pottery barn big girl chair and decided that her and puppy were going to be the guests of honor (always-- since we now carry out this cupcake picnic at least twice a day)....i always know where we're headed when i see the blankets being spread and hear the chairs being drug across her room.
and today, when the picnic was over she said, asked for her diapers and diaper cream. so i handed them over and she decided to put diaper cream on all her little stuffed friends.
trey got invited to the picnic last night, was served two cupcakes and felt super-special. HA!
pictures below to capture the moment: this girl is out of control!
oh, and sometimes, she pulls out her bedtime story books and reads to everyone. she really enjoys feeling like a little-mama. obviously. i can hardly wait to watch her in the big sister role. she was made for it.
in other news, she's still fascinated by piecing together her own outfits and putting them on all by herself. i have to get pretty creative with my words in how i advise helping her. since she, clearly, won't let me do it.... she's gotten really good about understanding "no, that's the wrong foot joy", "that's on backward turn it around" i'm being serious when i say i am not allowed to be hands on. she wants to do it ALL.BY.HERSELF.all.the.time!! ahhhh! she is HIGHLY motivated by accomplishment.
the plus side, she's gotten really good at mastering these skills. and even better, she can dress herself while i'm getting dressed or doing other things...which is going to come in exceptionally handy here in two short months.
we don't always get it right. seen below. and several times a day, she'll waltz on out of her room with a complete outfit change.
she's really into the layered look right now. and that green shirt (above) is a common base layer. there is an apple on the front that, for whatever reason, tickles her fancy.
and why not sport the happy turkey day 2010 shirt on new years day 2012.
sometimes she tries to "color-coordinate" ;)
yellow leggings that were not meant to go with a backwards yellow top...and red socks. but she did it herself and she is oh so proud!
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