Things Allie Loves and Hates

Things Allie Loves

1. Her MIMI. Yes, Allie is 3 and she still calls her milk, Mimi. As many times as we try and get her to call it her milk, the name Mimi has just stuck at our house. Yes, she is still addicted too her mimi as well, it is her comfort.

2. Swinging...Allie could live in a swing. When we go to a park Allie just loves to be pushed in a swing and could be in the swing the whole time if I let her.

3. Walking out in the garden and picking peas. She just eats the whole thing, pod and pea. She just loves vegetables period. She will eat raw potatoes, the whole apple (core and all)...I don't know what it is about this girl, but she just loves them. I have tried multiple times to prevent her from attempting to eat things that normal people don't, but she puts up a fight.

4. Letters-Allie has been obsessed with letters since she was little. She used to continually play the Leap Frog ABC magnets on the fridge while I would be getting dinner ready. Now, she loves Super Why and the words they make with the letters. She is obsessed with learning her letters and recently wrote her name; she even got the two L's.

5. Dressing Up in her Princess dresses. Allie has about 4 princess dresses and she is in one of them about every day. She really started to get into the whole princess thing around the beginning of the summer and it just keeps getting worse. We haven't had the tantrum where she has wanted to go to the store in the outfit; I am sure that is coming

Things Allie Hates

1. Blankets on her at night. If you put them on she will quickly fight you. If she is in our bed and she is sleeping, I love to test her. I pull the covers back over her and pull them tight on the sides. She will just kick and move and slither until her feet are out in the open.

2. Change. Just like her mommy and most woman I know; Allie hates change. The other day Blake went to move her kitchen to a new spot and Allie flopped herself on the floor and started crying and kicking, "That's where my kitchen lives....I want it back there!" Yep, she threw a big fit and wanted her kitchen back in the original spot.

Favorite Phrases

1. "Quick It Up Daddy"- June 09'. Allie told this to Blake when we were driving in the car on the way home from Lake Powell. She wanted him to go faster and couldn't remember the phrase, "speed up".

2. "I want a flute beer"-June 09'. Allie kept saying this over and over in the car after we had made a stop at Wendy's and got some lunch which included a frosty. I was so confused about what Allie wanted. Finally I held up my frosty and she says, "yes a flute beer." I then informed little miss it was called a frosty.

3. "Mom, where's Blake Hansen?"-June 09'. We were all riding in the car, Blake, Allie, and I. Allie seriously asked me this question and when I said, "what?" and turned to the back seat to look at her, she just busted up laughing. She is such a crack up.

4. "I know where all the treats are!" -August 09'. Papa Jim was over watching Allie and he found her at one point on top the counter eating M&M's from on top the fridge. A little while later he found her with a wad of gum in her mouth. When questioned where she got the gum, she promptly brought Papa to the secret stash, and proceeded with her phrase. I guess I better find a new treat drawer.