A Day in Her Shoes

What fun it is to be 3! 

(excuse me - 3 1/2, as Charlotte corrected me the other day when a women in the store asked her age.)

Charlotte's days are filled with fun, creativeness, and imagination. I love love love being home with her and witnessing her growth minute by minute. We are especially thankful for the weekends when Justin gets to play too as he brings a whole new element to fun!

In the blog world, I've learned (and constantly learning) so much about trying to capture the special moments in our family. Though I'm not a quarter as creative as some moms out there, I'm trying my best to preserve and capture the moments that I want to remember in the future. Time moves fast and this, hopefully, will allow me to stop for a moment and reflect on the cute, fun things that are important to her right now. 

Last Saturday we had a family outing to the mall and Charlotte chose to bring her animals along. Everyone thought she was adorable pushing her stroller through the mall and would stop and ask her about her "babies". And each time she would say to me as the people passed, "they're animals, not babies".

 But, I know she LOVED the attention!

Oh, I knew it was only a matter of time before she got sucked into it too! 

The "it" I'm referring to are the planter boxes at Northpark that the kids climb onto and slide down. These are right next to the small duck and turtle pond that up until recently was all she was interested in. But my 3 1/2 yr. old, loves to do anything that older kids are doing (especially older girls) and thus, joined in on the fun. She was attempting to run up and reach the top of the planter box. Though she tried (AND TRIED), she just missed it. One day soon, it will be no problem for her, but now, she's just a few inches short. 

Her favorite thing at Northpark is to have "pretzels and yellow cheese". Aunt Anne's pretzel sticks are very addictive and Charlotte is one of their biggest victims. 

A daily favorite of hers is watching Sesame Street. While at Target the other day, we found this cute tee. She loves it so much that she wore it for over 24 hrs straight.

I'm taking a photo class now and one of the things that was taught was to stop saying "SAY CHEESE" when you take a picture. Because your result will most always look like this....

But regardless, I still think it's cute!