Molly and Taylor at 3.5 years old…

Molly and Taylor are now 3.5 years old, so I thought I would do a little list of some of the things that are doing right now...

• Taylor refers to everything from her past with, “Remember last year, I ….” It actually sounds more like, “Remember yast year, I …..” We had pancakes for breakfast yesterday morning, and I’m sure the next time we eat them she will say, “Mommy, remember yast year when we had pancakes.”
  
• The story telling/lying/blame game has started. They will come down and tell me how they cleaned their playroom just to see my excitement and praise, and when I go to check it I see that nothing has been picked up.
  
• If I tell them no, they come back with, but daddy said I could and vise versa.
  
• They play house with their dolls. They get pretty emotional and intense while playing and acting out scenarios. They will often whine “Mommy” or “Sister”, when I respond they explain that they don’t need me, their doll is the one that is talking.
  
• They try to talk over each other…which can get really LOUD. We are working on taking turns and listening when talking to mommy or each other.
  
• They still say Biper rather than Diaper. They still wear a diaper or pull-up to bed, but are becoming very aware that it is a big deal when they wake up dry.
  
• They love to dress up. I have to make sure that I hang up their clothes as soon as I get them out of the laundry or they will go through everything and try it on.
  
• They love to wear dresses.
  
• They dance and sing all the time. They memorize songs from their movies and sing them over and over. When Stuart or I jump into song, they tell us to stop. Am I really that bad???
  
• They know that they get to sleep in Mommy and Daddy’s room when it is storming or if Daddy is out of town. They don’t even want to sleep in the bed; they will insist that we make a pallet for them on the floor.
  
• Whenever a commercial comes on with advertisements or they are watching a movie with different characters I will often hear, “I want to be the pink one.” “I want to be the brown one.” “What one do you want to be mommy?”