Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Remember...

My Gracie-girl
Life only looks picturesque
Know how I know that?
Cuz in that precious picture up there, I know that Grace has completely soiled undies.
But I wanted that picture anyway, cuz I love my girl
Accidents and all




Things I love—or at the very least should remember—about Grace:
·         When she feels a little self-conscious or silly, she talks with her bottom lip pulled over her bottom teeth
·         She likes to read the picture version of the Book of Mormon
·         Her prayers are NEVER more than four sentences long
o   Dear Heavenly Father
o   Thank you for the day
o   Thank you for Jesus (or everybody or Lillian or Addy)
o   In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen
·         She’s figured out that if she tells you that you skipped a part of her lullaby, you’ll re-sing that part
·         Bribing only works sometimes
·         She loves Lillian
·         She falls off of furniture all the time
·         If that child does not get an afternoon snack, her sugar drops and she is a MESS
·         She’ll only try new food if a Disney princess also eats it
·         She always wants to know who gave her each of her things
·         She snuck into the fridge and ate about 30 olives yesterday
·         She calls bobby pins “barbie pins”
·         She gets a dinosaur vitamin every morning as long as she lets me do her hair
·         She loves Dora toothpaste
·         She loves when I have “Someping Fecial” (Something Special) to tell her or show her
·         She wears shoes as infrequently as possible
·         She puts on tutus and costume jewelry every single day
·         She is a sucker for a Princess Crown
·         Her favorite movie is “Punchback”  (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
·         She likes to put stickers on paper and then promptly rip them all back off
·         She loves to paint but only if it’s acrylic—crayola watercolor is cheap
·         She loves hamburgers and French fries and could eat them till she keeled over
·         Friends/cousins are her favorite part of life—and her uncles
·         She loves nursery and wears a “Princess Dress” every single week
·         She likes to put on makeup in the morning with Mom
·         Anytime she’s into something she shouldn’t be, she’ll explain that she was “Helping You” (i.e. cut her hair, pick up Lillian, open bottles at the store, put battery operated toys in the bath)
·         If it is “Far-ka-ly” (sparkly) she is probably going to love it
·         If it has a butterfly, she’s probably going to love it
·         She loves to do dishes
·         She always has to touch the food on other people’s plates
·         Telling her you want to hold her is the quickest way to stop her crying
·         She loves riding on your back like a horse
·         She wants to get married in the temple
·         She wants to marry Repunzel
·         She doesn’t really like to exercise with mom, but she’ll do it every time if it means she can have a sip of hot chocolate (protein drink)
·         She can’t keep hot chocolate and chocolate milk straight to save her life
·         She spends all her time climbing up and down the stuff at the park but avoids all the slides
·         She loves, loves, loves playing in dirt—in her tutu