The latest on Lillie McCanless…

McCanless has been growing so quickly and I often forget that she is only four, and only in 3K. All or nothing is how she operates!! We have had to have “big girl” talks with her lately on issues regarding her sassy mouth, melodramatic displays to get what she wants, and less than desirable behavior/mouth. (Somedays in a fit, she will tell me that I’m a bad mom or that she is running away!) I swear, are girls born like this?

She loves to read, and paint and is a very musical child. She loves music of all sorts. Everything from Dave Matthews to nursery rhymes to Hannah Montana. She also sings constantly… usually any Disney Princess song like “Someday my prince will come….”, etc. She still loves to dress up! Today, we barely made it to school by 9:30 because I wouldn’t let her wear a sequined, pink ballet costume. Today was just too chilly! However, we are about to make a grocery store run and she has on her black glitter shoes, a HUGE tiara and a pink Barbie ballet tutu with her jeans and t-shirt. (Not the first time she has graced the grocery store in her own “get up” such as this!)

This week I asked her if she wanted to play T-ball and she screamed and ran out of the house yelling, “NO, I won’t do it! You won’t make me!” (Did I mention she was dramatic.) Last summer, she attended gymnastics camp and recently began to ask me about attending again. She is very excited about her upcoming summer activities. She is looking forward to swimming at the pool and Bible school. She also loves her dance class, mostly the ballet.

She is 44″ tall and weighs 42 lbs. She seems to be shooting up everyday and losing that “baby look” about her. Last week she had her interview at Thomas Hart for 4K. The photo above was taken just before we left the house. She and I will both be there next year. I know her teacher and I so look forward to her being there with me and having “Ms. Chure.” (Ms. Chure is a crazy, creative and SUPERB teacher!!) I, however, will be out by 12 and she has a full day until 2:45!! I’m not looking forward to getting her up early. I’ll have to start practicing our new schedule soon! McCanless is still a night owl and loves to sleep in! Currently, I wake her up around 8 am to get her up and moving to be a school by 9, which is still hard for her!

She loves being outside, and I’ll often find her having wandered outside alone, sitting on the porch or walking along picking flowers. She can “pump” on her swing set alone now as well! (yahoo) She loves to make potions or mud pies with my potting sink outside on the deck. She’ll mix potting soil, water, flowers, sticks, etc., and usually prefers to use my nice “fancy” serving spoons, kitchen tools over her plastic kitchen sets!

She amazes me everyday with her spirit! McCanless is still my spunky, little mess and we love her so much!

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