Grace is my only niece. She is now 3 1/2. Being the only girl, she holds the monopoly on the hearts of all her brothers and father. For all of her female relatives, she is our only doll so we can go overboard when it comes to pictures, dress up and girl stuff. She is a princess to the extreme. Often she will wear her cinderella dress all day. Grace was her Daddy's shadow--never letting him out of her sight. Even when he would go to the bathroom she would wait outside the door. When Mommy had baby brother Luke, Grace started to mimic Mommy by feeding and caring for her twin dolls. She also likes to help Mommy cook. She likes to mimic Mommy by discipling her dolls and brothers. She can definitely hold her own in a house full of boys. She is full of sass and 'tude. She can be a bit bossy, but she is also precious and sweet. She sings with a very sweet voice and loves to twirl.
Every night before she goes to bed she gets at least 30 minutes of "girl time" with Mommy. They have tea parties, cook in her play kitchen, play with polly pockets and dolls. And then the night culminates with Ruth announcing Grace's full name as she proudly step
s up onto a little platform. [Ruth told me she thought this was every girl's dream. It was never mine. But then again I'm not a last born who craves the limelight ;-)] Grace displays incredible dexterity at a young age. She is able to get the teensy polly pocket clothes on. She also has a sense of style. She matches the clothes and accessories properly without any help from Ruth. She's been doing this since she was 2 which I thought was impressive. She is going to start kindergarten in the fall because Ruth thinks she's ready. She knows all colors and numbers up to 20.
s up onto a little platform. [Ruth told me she thought this was every girl's dream. It was never mine. But then again I'm not a last born who craves the limelight ;-)] Grace displays incredible dexterity at a young age. She is able to get the teensy polly pocket clothes on. She also has a sense of style. She matches the clothes and accessories properly without any help from Ruth. She's been doing this since she was 2 which I thought was impressive. She is going to start kindergarten in the fall because Ruth thinks she's ready. She knows all colors and numbers up to 20.
One of my favorite stories about Grace is her obsession with stuffing as much as possible into her little purses. She would break them because they couldn't hold up to the cramming. There was a hole in the wall in her bedroom made by the door handle. Her desire to stuff things was not limited to the purses. She put her artificial fruit in the hole in the wall. When her parents finally fixed the wall they found all kinds of interesting toys, socks, and even things Ruth never recalls owning stuck in the wall!
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Grace is such a beautiful little girl. She loves girlie things like tea parties so she has stolen my heart. In fact, someday she will inherit some of my tea cups.
Grace is extremely good at playing. She is very creative with her play schemes. Ruth has even seen her play hide and go seek with her dolls. She imitates her mother well and loves her dad. She and her dad are very close. This is a neat relationship for us to see as us girls did not have that growing up. It is a very sweet thing.
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