Isla 44 Months

Our sweet Isla Pie this month....

-is so very, very busy

-likes to direct and coordinate others

-loves having me and others make things out of paper for her (car seats for her babies, snowmen, binkies, dogs, a standing mixer....), in 3-D I might add 

 -has started making up stories as she "reads" her books (I love this)

-sometimes even reads to Emma
-calls her sister "M&Ms"

-continues to prepare for Hawaii:

 -are you sensing the theme here? She lives in swimsuits and helmets.
-is very literal and believes anything & everything she it told
-new favorite game: "Emma! Say....gorilla! Good job. Say...grandma. Good job." etc etc, always follow with "good job" no matter how closely Emma's rendition resembles the actual word

-she's an early riser (6:30 AM at the latest!) 

 -would eat raisins until the cows come home

-loves to stop and smell the roses (or pick all the dandelions) 

-has really started playing (and fighting) with her sister

-realized having me rub her back at night prolongs bedtime

-ONLY sleeps when strapped in place (illustration below)

 -pretends she's in a parade when riding on the front of the stroller

-has been a helping me plant my vegetable garden

-thinks her uncles are all pretty cool

-thinks our baby is a boy and often wants "to talk about boy names"

-wants to name him "John Tash" 

-is more obsessed with shoes than her mother

-hates wearing jeans

-loves her friend Scout (the grandparents keep asking how many Scouts we know because they hear Isla say her name so much!)