She's Almost Three

Mary is such a smart, sassy and thoughtful little girl. Every day brings something new. Like the slide in the picture below. For the longest time she would never go down it at the park because it was so high and twisty. She'd get to the top, sit there and then inevitably turn around and come down the stairs. But a couple of weeks ago, she just went up there and slid right down. No big deal. I was WAY more excited than she was but she did think it was pretty fun.

And below you are witnessing what we call the "potty" scooter. We had promised Mary a scooter once she used the potty every time she had to go and it was finally time to make good on that promise. She had a hard time choosing between the Tinkerbell and Princess scooter but ended up going the princess route. Excellent decision.

Driving lessons from Daddy...

The other day Mary was suspiciously quiet so I called out from the other room, "Mary, what are you doing?" And I hear "I'm just riding Chasey."