Wordless Wednesday- Birthday Suit (No, not that kind!)

Bento Box- Mini Dogs

Mini Hot Dogs, Mandarin Orange and Blueberries, Chocolate Letter Cookies and Capri Sun SuperV

At Katy's request, today's lunch does not include dairy. According to Lil' Miss, the cheese wheels that I keep including (and she keeps eating) in her lunches make her tummy hurt. Now, I know for sure that she isn't allergic to dairy (heaven knows that we've been down that road, before!). I might consider a lactose intolerance (being Asian, and all), if it weren't for the fact that I saw the girl down a whole glass of milk and bowl of ice cream, yesterday...

Sentence of the Day- Old Timer

Mom and I took Katy to Romp n Roll on Friday. It was a rainy day and not too many kids were playing at open gym. Katy was the oldest child there. I made the comment to her, "Look, Katy! You are the big kid here!" She responded, "Yep. and Grandma is the oldest!"

From the mouth of babes, from the mouth of babes... I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried!

'Stra-ba-ba-ba-berry Shortcake!" (Birthday Celebration with Playgroup)

"Straw-ba-ba-ba-berry, Straw-ba-ba-ba-berry, Straw-ba-ba-ba-berry Shortcake. I know a girl And there is no one sweeter..."

"Best friend in the world And when you get to meet her You'll love her berry much..."

"She's cool She's fun!"

'That girl's so sweet Just like her name Straw-ba-ba-ba-berry, Strawberry Shortcake.

"She's so ve-ve-very extraordi-di-nary She's Strawberry Shortcake That girl's so sweet Just like her name Straw-ba-ba-berry, Strawberry Shortcake."

Sentence of the Day- Pop Shorty

Yesterday, Katy got measured at her three-year old well visit. This was the first time where she had to stand up to the tape measure on the wall (opposed to her lying down on the exam table and the nurse marking her length on the paper). When she told Ted that she got measured at the doctor's office, he asked her, "How tall are you, Katy?"

Katy excitedly replied, "Short, like Mommy!!"

Oh, the things kids say....!

Three Year Old Birthday Interview

I'd like to start a new tradition by "interviewing" Katy each year on her birthday. I thought it might be fun to see how her interests change/stay the same through the years. Here is this year's interview about her current likes, interests, etc.

Favorite Color? Pink
Favorite Books? Berenstain Bears, Fancy Nancy, Tea for Ruby
Favorite T.V. Show? Super Why, Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Pony
Favorite Food? Steak
Favorite Restaunt? Chick-Fil-A
Favorite Drink? Milk, Sweet Tea
Best Friend? Connor
Favorite Toy? Barbies
Favorite Movie? Finding Nemo or anything Disney Princess
Favorite Place to Go? Sweet Frog

Three Year Old Well Visit

Today was Katy's three year old well visit with Dr. Guerriero at Suburban Pediatrics. It's been a whole year since the last well visit- seems like a long time!

Besides a meltdown getting into the car to go to the doctor's office, Katy was a doll at the doctor's office. She even managed to stand on the scale and be weighed and stand and get measured all by herself. Up until this point, she has been really resistant to standing on the scale by herself (to the point that we almost took out a nurse one sick visit because Katy was flailing and wailing and resisting standing on the scale by herself. Fun times). This is also the first visit where the nurse took Katy's blood pressure using a cuff.

Katy's three year old stats are as follows:

Weight: 30 pounds
Height: 36 1/2"

This puts her in the 40th/45th percentile, respectively, for her age. Nice and average, symmetrical and right on track, according to the doctor.

Our wait time was very minimal and we were chatting with Dr. Greg shortly after our scheduled appointment. Dr. Greg did a great job of talking TO Katy and telling her things in a way that she would understand and respond. Typically, Katy gets really shy around non-family member adults. It takes her awhile to warm up to adults- especially men. In the past, Katy has started crying as soon as Dr. Greg walked in the exam room. However, this time, she actually talked to him, answered his questions and chatted with him. She told him about our Disney Cruise back in December (she was wearing her Cinderella dress to school/doctor's office, today, because they celebrated her birthday at preschool). Dr. Greg ended the visit by telling her that, "She's not allowed to date until she is thirty." To which, Katy proceeded to tell him about her friend, Connor. Hahaha!

At the end of the visit, Katy took part in an eye test. She got to try on some cool glasses (that covered one eye and then the other) while looking at the screen and identifying several black and white pictures. At first, I had my reservations and didn't think Katy would actually verbalize her answers and participate (even though I knew she would know what she was looking at and I don't have any current concerns about her sight). However, she proved me wrong and passed with flying colors! She even identified one of the objects before I did (and I had my glasses!).