pucker up, butter cup

Mia is determined in taking the leap from 'baby girl' to 'big girl' to the next level.....lipstick! She picked out a very glittery pink makeup box and a pack of flavored lip balms, oh and throw in a pack of Hello Kitty band aids in for good measure. She has no idea who Hello Kitty is. 'a cat...with a pink bow'...she actually called her 'Hollow' Kitty for a while...so cute. We have a band aid rule: no blood..no band aid. Well, she bumped her leg pretty hard, and she had such a hopeful little face, so she got a band aid :) Daryl & I can't believe how much our lil girl is growing up and so FAST! Other than slathering her lips with her lipstick, she's busy twisting them till they're all the way out, but has a hard time getting them back in...so, I've been doing that quite a bit. I'm so glad I have such a fun girl to do such girly things with...Lily will join us in her own time, until then, it's Mama and her Big Girl.

skillz - baking & emotional

I've been so in awe of Mia lately...well I always am, you know what I mean. Like at the Heart-bakers playdate last Friday, it was way more than 'I want to do it myself'....she DID it all pretty much herself. Measured, poured, mixed, rolled, cut...used the spatula like a pro..in all she needed very little guidance. Who is this three year old who can do so much?

At the dinner table, she reminds Daddy to 'thank mama for dinner'. Is incredibly empathetic. I had a rough day yesterday that resulted in some tears. Mia came up to me, snuggled me asked me if she could help...then later asked if I was feeling better. She knows the difference between a happy or sad cry :)

So, even though, Mia isn't 'in' the shot below, I LOVE that she's wielding that spatula, and it's a reminder to me how much she's evolving into such a great little girl, who does indeed have skillz!

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Lipstick..it was all her idea

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