Independence

This month Evie hit the 3 1/2 years old mark, she and has really grown in independence. It all started one Saturday morning when she announced that she was awake like she usually does. Then she proceeded to tell us with excitement that she had dressed herself! Sure enough, she dressed herself in a cute little pair of shorts and a shirt with a bicycle. She even changed out of pull ups and into panties. 

On another occasion, as I buckled her in on the carousel, she told me to go away and that she was riding alone! 

After dance class one evening she asked if she could wash the dishes! It was more like playing with bubbles and the scrubber, but to her, she was really cleaning the dishes!

Most recently, she has started helping me pack her lunch box. Her job that she can tackle quite well is to make the peanut butter sandwich. In between spreading the peanut butter, she licks the knife and eagerly sticks her fist in the jar scraping out more peanut butter to lick. She comments, "It's tasty." 

All this does not make me sad as it would some moms. I take so much joy in watching my daughter grow into a confident little girl. With each new discovery she makes, my heart leaps with excitement.