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I'm so not ready for this! I swear she just learned how to walk, and I was waiting impatiently for the day that she could speak in sentences (now I occasionally wish she would be quiet for just a few minutes).
I love my little Princess so very much! She frustrates me at time, but I wouldn't give up one minute of the time I've been privileged to spend with her.
She's definitely a little girl now, and no longer a baby, but I suppose that's the way it's supposed to be. She amazes me with her amazing ability to comprehend what's going on around her, her sympathetic and compassionate nature, and her crazy photographic memory. I can't wait (well, yes, I can) to see how much she grows and changes in the next 5 years.
These days, she loves to sing, dance, and do any form of arts and crafts. She's waiting impatiently for the day that mommy and daddy can afford to put her in a dance class (I just need to get some portrait clients *sigh*). She loves her baby sister with all her heart, and she helps me take care of her any way I'll let her.
She knows all the letters of the alphabet and can write them all down. She can read a few words by sight, and she can also write her name as well as "mom" and "dad."
She's still very much a daddy's girl, but she loves mommy, too. She LOVES to have "adventures" outside, and would spend all day outdoors if it were possible (too bad mommy hates the sun and Sparky is a red-head who's too young to wear sunscreen).
I asked her a few questions today so that I could write them down to look at later.
It makes me happy when: It's my birthday and I got $5 in my birthday card. It also makes me happy when me and mommy and daddy talk about silly things.
It makes me laugh when: Daddy tickles me (and it's the most infectious laugh in the whole world!).
My favorite toy is: My birthday toys.
My favorite movie is: My "Pound Puppies" movie and "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything." I also still love "Finding Nemo."
When I grow up, I want to be: A pirate, a rock star, an artist, and a person that makes things (like stamps).
My favorite food is: Oranges.
My favorite colors are: Pink, purple, and green.
My favorite TV shows are: Batman, Spiderman, and Dora the Explorer
My favorite memory is: The time we went to the butterfly pavilion in Colorado.
The Princess and I went grocery shopping on Saturday, and it's the time of year when Kraft strategically places their bags of caramel near the apples in the produce section. She was already begging for apples, and when she saw the caramel, she managed to convince me that we *needed* caramel apples. I decided to comply.
So we made caramel apples last night. She stayed up WAY past her bedtime because we started too late and she couldn't sleep without tasting an apple. But it was the night before her birthday, and I'm a softie.
A lot of the images have a bit of a cross-processed look. It's on purpose. I think I've been watching too much SNL lately - it seems to be their favorite method of post processing the images of the host that they show during the commercial breaks. Anyway, I like how it looks, and I've been having fun playing with Michele Black's Photoshop actions.
We started too late to use the crockpot (to keep the temperature of the caramel below nuclear level and therefore safe for a preschooler to help with), so she didn't get to help with dipping the apples, but she had a lot of fun unwrapping all the caramels.
Yes, she really does pose like this. No, I don't prompt her to pose like this.
Trying to wait patiently for the caramel to finish melting.
The finished product. We didn't have any sprinkles (or "sparkles" as she calls them), so we had to settle for peanuts, instead.
I got the bright idea to cover the rest of the apples with chocolate. I somehow ruined the first batch of chocolate, and I gave up after the first batch of white chocolate didn't turn out, but they still look pretty yummy!
Here are the studio portraits that Michelle did for us while we were in Colorado. I'm so sorry if she ruined your backdrop, Michelle!
You know, the ones that say "I did my own hair." The Princess is tired of having her bangs in her face, but she doesn't want them cut (I don't blame her - I wouldn't trust myself within a 2 mile radius of scissors and hair). So she's been spending a lot of time in the bathroom with clippies and spray bottles. Today I asked her if she wanted me to help her with her hair, but she's on a bit of an independent streak and didn't want any help. So this look is entirely her own. I just hope we can get all the clippies back in one spot at the end of the day.
Any time I take pictures of The Princess, she insists that we take a picture of her with Sparky, as well. She loves signing "I love you." My favorite is when we're at the gas station and I'm filling up the car. She'll knock on the window every time and sign "I love you" and then put her hands up on the glass until I sign it back.
While The Princess, Sparky, and I were in Colorado visiting Grandma and Grandpa Clover, I had the privilege of meeting one of my long time online friends for a portrait session. It was so much fun to meet her, and she did such an amazing job on our portraits - especially considering the fact that a colicky 4-week-old is probably the worst possible subject for a portrait.
Of course it wouldn't be a real portrait session if The Princess didn't pull some faces.
I love these next two. I think I'll have them printed big.
This one cracks me up!
And I LOVE this one of The Princess. Since it wasn't mommy taking the pictures, she felt like she could be a bit more natural and give us some normal expressions.
I love this one, too. She loves her little sister so much!
I'll post some of the studio portraits tomorrow. Thanks again, Michelle. We all had such a great time, and your house is gorgeous!
We took a walk tonight. It's nice outside now that it's not so warm and humid. The humidity is still there (at least if you've spent your whole life in the desert), but it's not nearly as bad as it was a few weeks ago. We're trying to teach Pixie how to walk on a leash - she seems to figure it out after about half a mile.
Anyway, we were walking, and it was twilight, and The Princess was admiring the moon that could be seen through the millions of trees we have here.
She looks at us and says, "It's so beautiful out here. I wish I could be a moon up in the sky!"
Maybe it was cuter in her almost-five-year-old voice, but Sasquatch and I both looked at each other and decided it was one for the quote book.
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