Seen and Heard at 31 Months

Emma is now closer to three than she is to two and still enjoys telling people that she is in fact, three.  In my mind she seems so grown up from the day she turned two.  If you recall on her second birthday we got her a "like new" tricycle.  She wasn't too interested in it all summer and preferred to scoot around on her pedal-free ride on toys.  Now that the weather is cold, of course Emma has taken to her trike like a penguin to ice.

Emma can also go to the bathroom all by herself now, and even wipe herself after she pees.  This is huge for me, and extremely liberating for both of us.  I do however miss the little kisses and hugs she would give me after I helped her in the bathroom.  She also has gotten quite good at putting her pants on all by herself and is insulted if I offer any help.  Here's my little independent girl below. 

Emma loves carrying around tiny objects that she refers to as "choking hazards".  She loves wearing play rings all day long and usually has multiple on each hand.  Twice a day, at nap time and bedtime, we have the same conversation about how we can't wear rings to bed.  Emma pointed out the other night that Mama and Daddy wear rings to bed and left me without a response.  The next day I had a response though, and the new rule is that adults can wear rings to bed, but not kids because they are, you guessed, choking hazards.

Emma's other favorite accessory this month are tutu's.  We also have the rule that you cannot wear tutu's to bed - kids or adults.  Emma loves her tutus and has refused to get dressed on several occasions because all of her tutus were in the wash.

Emma has little tolerance for the colder weather and takes forever to get dressed to go outside.  With daylight being so short these days, Emma usually emerges outside just as the sun is setting and Lucy is coming in for the night.  If Will is home however, Emma goes outside without hesitation.  I guess the parent sitting at the picnic table reading a newspaper versus the parent giving out free wheelbarrow rides is a no brainer.

Emma continues to be our little comedian and I've noticed that when she is with older kids she lays on the comedy quite thick.  I am wondering if this is her way of making sure she is seen and heard.  She has a soft spot for the younger kids too though.  Here she is below showing her friend William how the air vents work at the library.

Our Emma is definitely seen and heard!