Amory at Three

Likes:

• Picnics
• The Pool
• Pizza (PEPPERoni and cheese)
• Sleepovers
• TV shows (especially the Wild Kratts, Oso, and Cyberchase this week)
• Movies (especially Monsters Inc and the Wild Thornberrys)
• Zooey and Fat Cat
• Bubbles
• Donuts
• Jumping!
• The rain- especially when it creates puddles
• Mickey Mouse Pancakes *with strawberries
• Mega Blocks and Castles
• Princesses
• Books and Stories
• relatives coming to visit
• the zoo and science center (COSI)

Dislikes

• Naptime
• Being told "no" 
• Cleaning her room
• Pickles
• Bugs
• Getting her hair brushed
• Wearing clothing

What she learned this year

• Going to potty (2 years 3 months)
• Putting her own shoes on
• to sing her abc's (ABCDEFG...falksdjfl)
• counting to 20 
• left and right
• what each color on the stoplight means
• how to cross a street (the walking man and holding hands)
• How to unbuckle herself in the car
• How to get anything she wants from her daddy
• how to plant things in the garden and help them grow
• how to operate the iphone almost as good as mommy
• how to put away the silverware unloading the dishes
• somersaults 
• how to draw a circle
• her shapes (heart, star, oval, circle, square, rectangle, diamond)
• her colors
• how to ride a bike (tricycle)
• how to skateboard (mostly)
• how to use an xbox controller

Interesting Notes

Amory has developed quite the personality. Everyone that meets her is convinced she needs to go to Hollywood or Broadway- she is a huge philanthropist and loves to make people laugh at her antics, sometimes to her mother's chagrin. If you ask her to tell a story you will be transported to a world of wonder with giraffes, dragons, princesses, hippos and many tragic happenings. She spends many of her days in the office with her mother at the family company, where everyone treats her like a princess and she gets absolutely everything she desires. She has started to have a few "tantrums" where she will flip about something insipid (more water! nooooo too much water... I need a big cup! I want chocolate milk...), these are pretty obnoxious, and she has had to spend many 3 minute increments in her room for time-out. She loves to help me cook or bake in the kitchen- and thinks we should be making pancakes or cake every day. She really enjoys coloring- whether it is on paper or somewhere less fortunate. Zak and I feel SO blessed to have her in our lives- she is the image of perfection... gorgeous and spirited- with a brain to boot! There are days that are hard "I don't love you mommy, I don't need you." Yet, there are days that are amazing and full of wonder. I love seeing the world through her eyes and introducing her to new experiences. 

Here's to another year... and another, and another.