Ashtyn is 3!

Ashtyn is another year older and I'm not sure how that happened. I'm so grateful for my little girl and all the joy she brings into my life. I am so blessed to have her and to be able to spend each day with her. Not every hour is easy (or enjoyable) but I cherish each one (even if I cherish it after she's in bed sometimes). She is a joy and light in my life.

Third birthday: October 17, 2017

Favorite food: Chips with cheese or anything sweet (apparently chocolate ice cream is her current favorite treat, or popsicles from Grandma’s). She also loves “french fries” (or veggie straws) and dipping carrots in ranch.

Favorite toys: Blocks. She loves to build towers, houses, churches, temples, and to pretend the blocks are people. She also likes to make “fences” or “stairs” using only one color and sorting them by color.

Favorite things to say: “The bad guys are getting us!” (she always sees imaginary bad guys, but isn’t actually scared of them most of the time).

“I’m going to lock you in jail!” (when she’s mad)

“You’re not a poopy pants, you’re a flower.” (also when she’s mad, because we’re working on not calling people poopy pants).

She also narrates what’s happening to her in song all the time.

Favorite things to do: Build towers, have me read to her, ride her bike, catch bugs and put them outside, collect “pretty” rocks, dig in the dirt, hold Parker’s hand and walk around, swing and climb at the park, watch Barney,

Favorite People: Kid (her imaginary friend), Chris (her “favorite” friend), Elizabeth (“My cousin! My cousin!”), Aunt Jessica (Ashtyn calls her mom when Jessica babysits lol), Grandma Dee (who “lives far away but comes to our house sometimes”), and all her family. Ashtyn feels shy when she first meets someone, but once she warms up, you’re best friends forever.

Learned this year: How to draw people (with a circle, the face, and arms), how to draw A’s, H’s, S’s, E’s, and B’s (she already knew some others), and how to count from 10 to 29 (she gets confused about 30 and starts counting 20-10, etc.). We also worked some on phonics.

Favorite books: Curious George, Down by the Banks, Big Green Monster, Golden Time Collection

Favorite shows: Barney (her absolute favorite) and Curious George (she had a stomach bug and we let her watch this then). She also really liked Moana and Lady and the Tramp when we watched them for family movie night.