Somebody Turned 3!

Our crazy little lady turned 3 last Tuesday the 12th. She proudly says that she is 3. She even told me that, "I sit on this chair when I was 2. Now I sit on it when I am 3." She gets it. I know that when she turned 1 and 2 I posted about all of the things that she is doing. Now that she's 3, I don't know where to begin... 

-She can almost count to 20. 

-Thanks to Dora the Explorer, she can make a damned good effort to count to 3 in Spanish.

-She loves to have books read to her. 

-She tells us she loves us. 

-She says that mommy is best (unprovoked of course). 

-Her current favorite show is Team Oomi Zoomi.

-Her favorite movie is Cars, but she also loves Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
-She sleeps on the floor most nights.
-She's a total pain in the ass to get to do anything when asked the first time or in a timely manner. She will say things like, "In a second!" or "I'm busy!" or "I do it later!" or "I not like that choice!"
-Her favorite game to play is "cars and dinosaurs." It's real great. Someone is a car and tries to get away from the dinosaur who is trying to eat it. Eventually the dinosaur attacks the car and then someone has to be a doctor and the hurt car has to call for the doctor. Then the doctor puts a bandaid on the car. Then you start all over again but switch roles. 

-She still loves to help me cook and do dishes.

-Despite her ability to play by herself, she still prefers someone to play with her. All the time.

-She no longer wears pull ups during the day (it's been a few months), but we're still struggling with getting her to use the potty on her own or tell us when she has to go when she is dressed. Lots of mini accidents if the grownups don't stay on top of it. She rocks out when she's not wearing any pants. 

-Her favorite color is...whatever color she is using or looking at at that time.

-She's a pretty crappy eater, but loves junk food and candy.

-She knows that Hawk is her brother.

-When she sees Lucy she gives her a hug.

-She only gets in and out of her car seat by herself. It's real great. 

-She likes to help scan groceries at the self checkout. And then ride the 1c horse ride after. 

-Every night she rides the "horsey" (daddy) to the "library" (mommy) to read books before bed.

-She sings "Sunshine" with me at night. Instead of singing "You make me happy when skies are grey," she says, "when skies are great."

-Most of her tumbles end in "I okay."

-She no longer says a "p" sound in place of the letters F and Sp.

Exa: Poon = Spoon; Pork = Fork; Pea = Flea (I have a list somewhere. They were pretty funny.)

-She doesn't make me near as F-ing crazy as what she used to.

-She's awesome.

I'm sure I can come up with a hundred more things that make Copper, Copper, but that list will have to do for now. 

We ate dinner on her Birthday at Hacienda, her favorite restaurant. That kid loves salsa!

 We had her party on Saturday the 16th at Rainbow Plays Systems. It's a showroom for outdoor play equipment. The kids loved it. We did a monster theme for the party and I had way too much fun with the idea. Kellie advised me to "Plan like you have a penis." Meaning to keep it simple, but I just couldn't. Sure the kids could care less, but at least I felt the exhaustion and satisfaction of being a good mom. She'll have pictures to prove that I love her. It really was fun and for her first big birthday party, I would say it was a success. 

The added perk of lots of Birthday presents from her amazing friends was quite nice. 

Happy 3rd Birthday, Copper Jo!