Zo at 3 1/2

Dearest Zo,

You are such a delight at 3 1/2. You remember everything. You love to read...me reading to you and if you can't nap you will sit in your bed for hours with a big stack of books, looking through page by page. You love your stuffies, especially Wolfie and Lambikins and Bun Bun Sweetie the kitty and Gugie the pig. You like to pick out your clothes the night before, and wish I'd let you wear your pink spiny dress every day. You want to open a bakery with your brother when you grow up, called the Monster Bakery. You carry around a little robin's egg blue bound book into which you've drawn pictures and call yourself an artist. You pick things in nature...flowers, leaves, sticks, and bestow them as presents on me. You love to be outside, hiking and biking on your hot pink bike, going for walks, throwing rocks in the river. You've adjusted well to our move and are starting to settle into Steamboat life, with trips to story and craft hour at the library, to the beach in front of Daddy's hotel, to the hiking trail in our backyard, to the botanic gardens and all sorts of other spots. The crafts you make--and making them is one of your favorite things--you are lining up on your windowsill, so very proud of them. You love your mommy and daddy and Me-Ma, your Grammy and Papa and Uncle Ben and Aunt Jaimie and Bodie and Bailee. You like your cartoons with breakfast. You eat really well--sometimes--at least you can generally be counted on to eat some fruit and vegetables and meat. Your favorite is peanut butter and honey. You love playing make believe with your brother--your favorite is "Elsa and Anna." You are starting to be more independent, I don't have to watch you every second, like the other day you sat on the porch on your own and read books for 45 minutes. You love your costumes and will often come down in the morning dressed as a cowgirl or a construction worker or a princess. You sleep great at night, although you tend to go to bed late, 9:00-ish these days. You still take a nap most days and are cranky if you don't. You are super sweet to your brother, calling him "My Luke" but can also bite and hit and pinch when he does things you don't like. You can whine like crazy when you want to. You can be defiant. But mostly you smile and laugh and play and fill this house with light and love. We love you dearly, our little princess. 

Love, Mommy