Penny is Three

Penny turned three a few weeks ago! She is quite the girl. Right around her birthday, she finally learned her colors and has them down pretty well. Orange seems to be her favorite/most requested.

She still loves animals

We took away her pacifier about a month ago and it went better than I expected, but now she won't nap anymore. We took her to build a bear to stuff them inside an animal and we picked out a cute little bunny and she was happy to put them inside. At bedtime that day she of course asked for her paci and I told her she could have the bunny and that they were inside. She did NOT want the bunny. I tried to just set it next to her bed and then on her dresser, but she insisted that it be taken out of her room entirely. Obviously she has some negative feelings toward the stuffed animal.

She has been on a puzzle kick and just loves doing puzzles and is really pretty good at them.

She is growing a decent head of hair, but hates having me do it or brush it so she looks fairly disheveled most of the time.

Penny is still really good at playing on her own. When she gets in the "zone", she can easily play for an hour by herself. When she's not in the "zone", she's often very needy and clingy. This makes her either really easy or pretty challenging, depending on the situation.

She is a little bit of a tease. For example, Todd's been saying "I looovee you Penny" and she says back, "I no love you".

This girl gives a whole new meaning to "stubborn", but we sure love our Penny girl!