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Alexis has started a new phase of "I have a good idea" and "who is on my team?" She is about doing and creating whether it's throwing a party & baking a cake to a lot of story lines I don't follow. Not too long ago we were having arguments of "you need to listen to me and I listen to you" which involved me explaining that listening does not equal doing and well, if I don't do everything she says then why does it need to work the other way around? Any way, we're getting better with our emotions and trusting that parents are here to help teach us. And I'm really trying to be better at teaching the most important concepts and not getting too caught up on too high expectations for a 3-year-old. She recently started saying "But you still love me, right mom?" and I have no idea where that little gem of a phrase developed, but yes my love, I'll always love you no matter how many messes you make. That phrase came soon after a couple "I hate you" fits which seemed to pop out of nowhere; I was pretty alarmed she put those words together. Pretty quickly she will be hugging me and pulling that cute little smile over on me with something completely endearing off those chapped lips, something like "you're the best mom ever." Seriously - where do they learn these phrases?! And that's life with a 3 year old who is basically 4 who is basically 16. She is grown y'all. Skinny legs, but she still has her baby cheeks. It's a good thing she still loves all the loving she can get. These photos are my favorite...



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