Happy birthday cake!

Dear Lauren,

Today is your 3rd birthday! You don't get the concept of birthday's yet, so when we told you it was your birthday you wished happy birthday to everyone and everything around you - "Happy birthday Brower!, Happy birthday blue car!, Happy birthday house, Happy birthday MollyGeorge!" Then you asked for cake.

This last year you have grown up so much - both physically and otherwise. We recorded your height on the wall last night and you have grown 2 whole inches since your last birthday!

You are the perfect combination of adorable and frustrating. You know what you want and you will settle for nothing less. At some point in your life, this trait will be considered a strength, but for now it is challenging for your old mom and dad.

You talk non-stop, and often come out with things that we could have never expected. Like last week when I handed you your water bottle and you replied "Thank you Your Majesty!" or when Brier picked up a shoe and you said "A shoe! Good choice Brower, good choice!"

You are beautiful. Strangers stop me in stores and tell me how pretty you are. Your hair is still curly and has still never been cut. You love dresses, make-up and jewelry. You also love Peppa Pig and Max and Ruby much to our dismay.

You refer to yourself as 'Princess' and that's exactly what you to us. Happy birthday baby girl!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

End of summer photo dump

Part of me hopes this kid never walks

I will miss the pirate crawl when she starts walking.

Lauren-isms

This kid is suddenly coming out with the most hilarious stuff!

Lauren and Brier are in the living room 'playing' I'm in the kitchen and I hear Lauren say:

"Brower, Brower, NO You're a bad girl, that's RUDE!"

What was Brower doing you ask? Crawling into the office minding her own business.

Then, today Norm was driving Lauren to his parent's house. Making conversation he asks her if she would like a snack when she gets to Nana and Grandpa's house. He goes through a list of foods:

"Would you like eggs, toast, candy etc?"  Her answer to each is always "No"
Then he says "would you like pancakes?" And she replies "Sure daddy, sure, good choice!"

By the way, the kid is really not that fond of pancakes.