Mary Beth at 4 1/2

I haven't written a post about my Little Emmy Lou Who in a while.  She has changed so much this year, and I need to write down my thoughts on her:

*She is a huge mama's girl!  The fact that this precious little soul looks at me and want to be with and like me is the most flattering and humbling experience of my life.  Any small errand I run, she wants to be with me, and since I love being with her, I always let her tag along!  I see her studying me, and she is really picking up on my phrases and speech patterns.  

*She continues to have very mature taste in food.  Her favorite meal is a salad, and she still eats tomatoes like they were apples.  She doesn't like onions very much; however, she was downing the onions on a fajita plate last week.  I said, "Mary Beth, do you know you are eating onions?"  She looked at me and said, "Ummm, roasted onions!"  Apparently onions aren't so offensive if they are roasted!

*She loves to shop.  I took her to the Gap this weekend to pick out an outfit or two.  The overhead speakers were blasting music with a down beat, and she pranced around the store dancing and picking out outfits!  When I told her she could have her favorite outfit, she said, "Whitney (her best friend) is going to FREAK out!"  Um, are you 4 1/2 or 13? 

*She said hilarious things all day long, but hates it when I laugh at her.

*She has to put on both socks before putting on her shoes.  I, myself, am a "sock, shoe, sock, shoe" kind of girl, and she corrects me every time I am getting her dressed!

*Mary Beth loves pajamas, and puts them on as soon as we get home everyday.

*She still loves her blankets.

*She sings constantly.  If she is playing in her room, she is singing the entire time.  She loves making up songs, and singing with vibrato!

*She loves school.  She had pneumonia last week, which caused her to miss two days of school.  She bawled both days, because she didn't want to miss school!  She has had such a great year this year in preschool, and never wants to miss.  She also thinks it is acceptable to use the word "hate" only when talking about missing school.  She will say out of the blue, "Mama, I HATE missing school!"  She thinks she is getting away with saying a bad word in this context! 

*Mary Beth loves going to her brothers' sporting events, so she can hang out with her friends.

*Her two favorite books are Fancy Nancy and Pinkalicious.  She loves talking "Fauncy".  The other day, I asked her to name words that started with "sh".  She thought about it, then said, "Shause'!"  I know I am butchering the spelling, but it is a ballet move!  Very fancy!

*She loves figuring out what letters different words start with.  She also loves to rhyme and sound out small words.

*Her vocabulary grows every day.  She is used the words "recognize", "difficult", and "certainly" while talking to me this week!

*I wrote about this recently, but she still loves cooking with me.  The other day, my brother and I were at a garden nursery.  Michael asked her if she like gardening.  She quickly responded, "No, I like to cook!"

Mary Beth is such a precious gift to our family!