Adele is 3! I never thought the day would arrive when all my children are over 3! It's kind of a miracle. It's so bittersweet to watch Adele turn 3. She was the sweetest baby, but she is so far from a baby now. My baby is 3! Can you tell I'm a little shocked by this?
So let's see....what do I want to remember Adele at this age?
She is funny and seems to be smart as a whip, which makes for a very witty little girl. At night before bed, after we pray and sing, I ask to give her a hug and a kiss. Lately, she'll say, "No kiss....I want a bite." Then she'll pretend to chomp on my hand. Then she'll say "goodnight" and I go. When we were playing in the snow, making snow angels, she preferred to make them face down, and she said she likes making "tummy angels". Where does she come up with this stuff?
She has gotten obsessed with learning interesting facts. She found out about middle names, so she would tell all of us our middle names, and often asks other people's middle names. She also got really interested in volcanos, and on our recent trips to the library all she wanted was to get books about volcanoes. Most books about volcanos are too long for her to sit through, but she still loves them.
Adele has been really interested in letters. She knows almost all her letters and she's been writing a few too. She has the letter "A" down, and she's written all the letters in her name at one point, but hasn't quite combined them into her name yet. She also loves to ask people what their letters are. (Meaning what letter does their name start with.)
She speaks very clearly, using almost all complete sentences, but she has trouble pronouncing the 's' in words that have an 's' followed by another consonant. For example, snow = no, speed = peed, snot = not, stinky = tinky. You get the idea. She is also obsessed with a show called PJ Masks, and she loves the character cat boy, who has 'Super Cat Speed'. She will stop, ready herself, and yell 'Super cat pee!!' and take of running wherever she is going. It's hilarious. It's also a good motivator to get her going. "Come on Adele, lets go, Super Cat Speed!"
Adele is also still very into Frozen, which you will see more of in her post about her Frozen birthday. She likes to play legos with her sisters, and she is also very interested in puzzles. She's up for trying just about anything and loves to be included. She is full of life and wonderful ideas. She asks a lot of questions, lately asking me how everything is made. "Mommy, how you make apples?" "Mommy, how you make fire?"
Adele is a pretty active little girl and loves to ride bikes and scooters. She was able to ride her pedal bike a few months ago, and pedaled quite confidently along. But after she had trouble steering she's gotten afraid and hasn't really continued. I'm sure she'll gain more confidence soon. She is adventurous on her scooter though, barreling down hills and around curves.
She is super affectionate. She loves to give hugs and kisses, and she tells us she loves us often. Now that she is in a big girl bed, she sometimes gets up in the morning and comes into our bed to cuddle. She actually lays calmly in bed with us and she will put her arms around me and tell me she loves me. This morning she told me I was wonderful (something I tell her often). She is such a gift to us.
Here are a few pictures of Adele on her actual birthday.
Our birthday tradition of sprinkle pancakes for breakfast...
Showing me she's three.
Enjoying her birthday sleeping bag!
And getting to blow out candles again with the leftover birthday cake.
And here is my sweet Adele over the years. I can't believe she is three!
