Hello, My Name is______ (cont.)

Yesterday, Grace insisted on being called Diamond. Today, it's Star. I predict Rainbow will be in our near future.

Picking Grace up in style

One of my absolute favorite things to do during the week it walk to pick Grace up from preschool. It's only a 7 minute walk, but is actually faster than driving if you count the amount of time it takes me to get kids in/out of car seats. I love being out and about strolling thru the neighborhood and strolling back home chatting with Grace about all the things she did that day. We usually hit the highlights which include: what they had for snack, who she played with, if she went down the 'fast slide' that day and what her classroom job was.

This week, Chloe and I headed out in style, sunglasses and all. This girl loves to accessorize, so when she realized she had sunglasses of her own she refused to take them off. I think it's a good look.

And for those of you following Grace's daily name change (see my last post), her new name is "Diamond". I have no idea where she comes up with these!

Hello, my name is ____

Grace's imagination has been in full swing lately. I love it. I love listening to the random, imaginary things she comes up with. Most of them have something to do with horses, princesses, rainbows and hearts. After all, is there really anything better in life?

I don't know if it is because Valentines Day is in the air, but lately she has been obsessed with hearts. I always ask her what she dreamed about last night and her answer has been, "Hearts, mom. Because harts are the best" Her bouncy horse is now named Heart. Starting yesterday, she also informed me that her name is now Heart. If I call her Grace, she quickly corrects me, "No mom, my name is Heart." She also loves referring to herself in third person (probably the result of watching too many hours of Elmo's World). Most of our day is filled with her saying, "Mom, Heart will do it." or "Can Heart help?" or "Mom, Heart has to go potty."

I'm sure she'll be back to Grace next week, but for now her name is Heart.