Happy 3rd Birthday, Maelie!

Maelie has been celebrating her 3rd birthday since this past weekend...and we're still not done!  We had a pool party for her little friends this past weekend, and we have a family party this coming Sunday.  It's tough being an Empress!  :D  We celebrated as a family yesterday, which was very nice.  I'll be posting photos shortly, but for now, let's see what Maelie's up to:

*  She love to swim...like a FISH!  She also hops, jumps, runs, dances, twirls, bounces, and loves to wrestle with her daddy.  She's an active little girl.

*  She loves to tell stories and replays Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes in her little head.  So cute!   

*  She has a memory like nothing I've ever encountered before.    

*  She loves Mickey Mouse, Elmo, Thomas the Train, and is getting really big into My Little Pony.  :)

*  She knows all her letters by sight....capitals and lower case.

*  She LOVES numbers.  LOVES them.  She counts to 20 without pause, counts to 100 by tens, she knows how to 'make' numbers...like by putting a number 1 in front of a 7 makes seventeen.  She can count into the 20s, but has to pause to think about it a little bit.  She knows that a number 6 can also be 9 if you turn it upside down.  :)  She is truly a whiz with numbers.  

*  She knows all colors.  

*  She knows all her shapes...and knows a hexagon from a pentagon from an octagon without counting...something MOMMY can't even do!  :)  

*  She still loves her books and we have WAAAAAAY too many.

*  Her favorite food is french fries and chicken and she still dislikes sweets.  We cannot get her to eat anything sweet like cake, ice cream, etc.  She still doesn't like veggies and fruits, and we do have food issues with her.  But, we're working on it.

*  She LOVES crayons, coloring books, play doh and moon sand.

*  She has an absolute love of little toys...little Mickey and Sesame Street figurines, My Little Pony, Thomas the Train.  She's getting a bit more 'girly' in that she likes the My Little Pony and a new Minnie Mouse toy that she can change the dress and bows.  

* She squeals with delight when her Daddy comes home from work.  She loves her family, loves going to her ECFE class, loves learning, and makes us laugh out loud every single day.  She's a joy...sometimes too smart for our own good, too beautiful for words, and has made me speechless with love.  I am just so absolutely HONORED to be her Mommy.  I love you, Maelie Mouse.