She wanted to have a tea party, with Squinkie tea! I love it!
(Squinkies are those little tiny rubber toys in the tea pot. She LOVES them.)
Such a big girl. She is entranced by Papa's Rubik's cube. She even told the pediatrician at Genevieve's check up about it. She likes that it is a puzzle because you can move the squares around different ways, but it isn't like other puzzles because you can't take the pieces apart.
Papa was getting some things out of storage and Juni spotted this costume hat :) And then she wanted to put her light-up ball inside it :) Winter (early darkness) fun!
kind-of letting me take pictures of her hair
dressed and ready for work ;)
dressed and ready for ruling ;)
She loves to bake with me, but the sprinkles are definitely her favorite part! Honestly, I don't like sprinkles, but how could I deny that face!! I let her sprinkle to her heart's desire :)
officially 3 1/2, having her first push-pop
Hello Kitty Rescue set we found at Cosco. We were supposed to be putting it away and saving it, but somebody, with her eagle eye, spotted it! :) However, she's in love. It was worth it. I told her she had to keep it in the box, but she could look at it. She took a nap with it (in the box), then carried it around all night (in the box), then I decided, why wait?!?!
She is
in LOVE with balls. She takes every ball she can find and puts it in
this big bag that she carries around inside to outside and back again.
She'll take Juicy's balls, Genevieve's balls, balls she finds on the
street, Mike and Maura's dog's balls and put them all into her bag! She
begs for them at the store and loves to find new colors and textures and
kinds, but light up are her absolute favorite. We recently found one at
Target, that was only $1 thankfully, that was clear, with pink glitter
and a light up eyeball inside!! She gets quite upset when she can't find
it. You might have noticed her sleeping with it in a blog picture a
week or two back.
She takes great pride in helping and in doing
things by herself. She picked up the entire toy section at TJ Maxx one
day and then told me, "See Mama, I cleaned up all the toys in this whole
area; isn't that great?!?" I just love her. Any time she can get
something out of the fridge or wash up on her own, she is so excited to
do so.
She enjoys collecting acorns for the squirrels all over town and then burying them in the backyard so they can eat them when they are hungry.
She most often uses nice words to explain her feelings and needs. She says things like, "I didn't like it when you picked me up while I was playing with my toy, so next time, please ask first before you do that, ok?" .... well, OK! :) I will! When speaking with her friends she will say, "I was just trying to put the toy back in the bin where it goes. Is that okay?" when they are upset with her for putting a toy away that they wanted left out.
She adores her sister and loves to hold her, get her toys, put her toys away! (even sometimes when Genevieve is still playing with them!), and has started trying to pick her up..... yikes!
Juniper's favorites
color: yellow
food: potstickers
fruit: pineapple
drink: apple juice
animal: giraffe
treat: scotchmallow, from See's candy
show: Doc McStuffins
song: Baa Baa Blacksheep
book: Juniper (special book that goes through her name from Kristina and Sean)
movie: The Lego one
toy: Hello Kitty ambulance/rescue helicopter
thing to do outside: play ball
activity at the park: swings
game: playing with toys
store: Kohl's
best friend: Juliette
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" Minnie Mouse -- who just came on the tv.... I think she got distracted ;)
I enjoy her so much. Her spirit. Her love. Her thoughtfulness. Her opinions. Her frustration. Her choices. I can see the adult she's slowly but surely becoming.
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