3.5

Dear Emmeline-

You are three and a half. Sweet baby girl, you are fast becoming a little girl who has a tender heart and a ripe imagination, a thirst for knowledge and love of Jesus. Sometimes you are so grown up, taking dishes to the counter, making your own bed, helping to set the table. But other times you need to cuddle or fall asleep in the car, your little cheeks still hinting of baby. You are busy reading the Bob Books, learning to write your numbers, you are drawing people with faces, appendages and very large ears that emerge out of their sides. You like to do your own hair, choose your outfit and help to cook. You love puddle jumping, Bible memory, story time, painting, art projects, castle building and ballet. In fact you are about to start ballet! You are about 32 pounds and have brown hair with golden highlights.  You sometimes take showers. You adore your grandparents, your cousins and friends. But you also still love quiet time to write or play. Your current favorite book is "Where the wild things are" but the list of beloved books is so many I can't begin to list them. You love Mother Goose Rhymes and Beatrix Potter audio books for rest time.  You love to ride your tricycle. Oh sweet Emmie. These days can be long and hard sometimes- a three year old and a two year old keep a Momma on her toes and on her knees.  But oh, watching you discover the world and rejoice in it is something I want to cherish in my heart always.