Bubbles

Rainy days for Mae means hats, sunglasses and (non seen here,) sandals with socks. 

My cutie pie bubbles is three today.  What a doll.  If I didn't have a testimony of the divinity of gender before I had Mae; I do now.  That girl is a girl!  She loves dresses, make-up, dolls, and Minnie Mouse.  She can spot Hello Kitty merchandise from 20 feet away and will accost strangers wearing it.  Mae loves to color and will drift in and out of the dining room, where I have set up her coloring stuff, throughout the day.  Her speech has progressed thanks to her dedicated speech therapist whom she saw twice a week for an hour a visit.  She is now just barely below age level.  Now that she is 3 she will get therapy through the district for an hour a week to work on articulation.  She will also get a half hour of physical therapy and a half hour of developmental therapy.

Thanks Grandma for the outfit!  As you can see it is already a favorite.

 Mae has started really playing with friends who come over and she adores playing with Max.  While she is a bit rough with Spike she does like him.  Last week Jeff had taken the day off of work so I left Spike with him while I went to the gym.  Picking Mae up from the daycare there, she started screaming thinking that I had forgotten to get Spikey also.  She has some bad habits; besides sitting in the "W" position, (which has made her pigeon toed, and needing physical therapy,) she also calls Jeff Jeff instead of dad.  She hadn't napped in months, but she really needs it, and she still won't say "I LOVE YOU," she only says, "Too!"  Miss Mae takes a purse with her everywhere now.  It usually contains her toy cell phone, some hair accessories, and a toy or two.   She took two purses with her to Walmart last week.  We all adore Miss Mae and look forward to watching and helping her this next year.