Progress

When you've got a 4-year-old who has a mind of her own, likes to make messes, and is independent one second and insistently dependent the next (in other words, a normal 4-year-old), sometimes it's easy to forget just how far that kid has come.

So I'm pleased to review with myself (and you) some of the not-so-pleasant activities or phases Chickie has left behind. (Click the links to read old blog posts with Chickie stories in them.)

• Putting things up her nose. (Another story here.)
• Fighting bedtime with all her might.
• Wiping her nose on the couch.
• Coming down to our room almost every night, in the middle of the night.
• Her obsession with breasts. And nipples.
• Washing her hair in the potty.
• Biting my bottom.
• Washing Zoodle's hair. (Thankfully not in the toilet.)
  
• Licking the floor at McDonald's.

I suppose I could put a list here of all the unpleasant things she's doing right now, but I'd prefer not to. Instead, I'll focus on the fantastic 4-year-old she is. She loves to learn. She makes her brother laugh. And whenever she can, she picks flowers for me.



I love my girl, through the easy phases and the hard ones!