3 is my favorite

I remember when I taught preschool for a semester while I was engaged, the 3 year olds were my favorite. Not having a ton of experience with children I just decided that this was my favorite age, they could talk and said the funniest things, they could play and just overall loved everything about their teachers.

When each of my own children have reached the age of 3 it always makes me think about that preschool teaching time, and I remember why I love it. It's just great to be 3.

Eden just turned 3 (okay it was in February) but whose really paying attention.

Here's what she is like at 3...

She LOVES...dresses. Purses, necklaces, bracelets and LIP GLOSS. Her black high heels. Cooking. Baths. She loves to be with her mom, in fact she follows me around all day, this is very different from the others. Playdough. Make-up, but only mine. And last but not least she absolutely, 100% loves to make messes. She is great at it, I will leave a room, only to have her leave a trail of some sort of mess along the way. She definitely keeps me on my toes.

She DISLIKES...watching movies alone, she needs to have a buddy. Listening, this is the girl that will get put in time out for something and then when the timer dings loses no time in doing whatever it was that got her in time out originally. Being lost, which to her 3 year old mind means being 10 feet from Darrin or I in public. Breathing while crying, if she starts crying she will stop breathing, which often results in her lying down on the floor (from loss of oxygen). Don't worry she always starts again, usually when she gets completely horizontal. Dogs. Cats. She does eventually warm up to the animals, but the first time I saw her get cornered by a cat I couldn't stop laughing.

I am excited to have my little girl turn 3, we are going to have a great year together.