Earlier this week, I read you a letter I wrote on your second birthday. You asked me what gifts you got that year, and I couldn't remember, so I had to look back at the blog. You got a wagon and teddy bears, and then you played in a box. I found the letter and read it, and I couldn't help but think that all our memories are being replaced with new memories before I can write them all down for you.
Daddy and I are enjoying you, tremendously. You are so affectionate with hugs- you want to give daddy the tightest because he's the best daddy in the world. In the mornings, you wait until the the clock says "seven zero zero" and you knock on the wall, then I come in and we giggle and cuddle. Sometimes you knock when it's 6:47 or 6:57. These times, you claim to forget that the 7 has to be on the beginning of the clock.
We're reading longer books, and now that the pictures are getting sparse, you constantly tell us "say eeee-hiiiiiiiiiiii when there's a picture". eeee-hiiiiiiiii is what ninjas say. We're on the 4th Little House book, and you & daddy just starting a ninja Choose Your Own Adventure book.
At school, you learned to make banana oat bites. You came home and gave dad a lesson on how to make them too, and you were so excited. But you didn't actually want to eat them, only to make them. You've been threading needles, doing "tasting work" and digging in the dirt. You told me that you and Leo are digging a tunnel to school, so you can go there on the weekends. I asked, what would you do at school on the weekend? You said- do works in whatever order we want and not put them back on the right shelves! Then you cackled. You have a well-behaved spark, which I love.
Above, on the playground at school. Climbing and building a dam in your fancy shoes. I love that about you.
You are such an incredible human being, I'm so proud to be your mom and I've loved watching you grow and laugh and learn. At night, you're sound asleep with Arnie snuggled tight on your neck or next to your cheek, and I can still see the little baby Scarlett on the face of that big girl Scarlett.
Love forever,
your Mama
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