Jocelyn's 3rd Birthday

Jocelyn totally relished in opening so many gifts this season. She was spoiled by all.

Her first present, to herself, was a new haircut. She's given herself this three times now. Fortunately, they've never been so bad that we had to cut her hair totally butch. You can see in this photo that she cut her bangs (which I've worked all year to grow out), and layered both sides, leaving a bit of a mullet. Luckily, Tyler's aunt Sherrie came to town and was able to mend it. I still miss her long hair. Oh well, now I don't have to do it as often.

Before fix:

After: these cool special shiny M&M's matched her shirt perfectly, don't mind the white-trash chocolate smeared teeth.

A little about Joc in the past year.

I called her a tumor once this summer because she is so attached to me. Tyler thought that was unaffectionate. He's probably right. He reminded me that she won't want to tag on my leg and cry when I leave her for much longer and that I should be grateful she loves me so much now.

I've been thinking of what I DO appreciate about my little 3 old sidekick. And I've noticed some habits that she's developed already.

• She's not afraid of bugs.
• Everything is "cute" or "pretty."
  
• She's a little obsessive. Case in point: she wore her green froggy boots almost daily, and put up a a fuss when she couldn't. She has to have her blankie with her during all sleep times. When her hair is done, she has to feel it "move", in other words, she likes the feeling of it brushing against her neck while in a ponytail. She feel prettier that way, I guess. Who doesn't? How can you teach that to a 2 year old though? And lastly, she wears my garage sale found "princess" dress almost every day. I have to tear it off of her during nap and mealtimes.
  
• She has the vocabulary of a 4 year old.
  
• She can cross her eyes. And when she gets very excited about something, she'll shake and cross her eyes at the same time. I hope that doesn't stick :)
• Samuel is still her very best friend, even if he doesn't think so.
  
• She makes the funniest facial expressions, naturally. It makes me laugh daily.
  
• She does this "underwear" dance every time she's pantless. It's like this little hip moving cheer thing. Makes me laugh every time (except when we're in a hurry to get dressed).
  
• She loves "reading" books. We can hear her reading herself to sleep.
  

We love our little Jocie. or should it be Jossie, Jossy, Jocey????

Tyler made her a triple chocolate cake that I embellished with pink cream. I topped it with three clothespin dolls (tutorial found here) each holding a candle. I made a pink and purple pennant bunting banner to hang with the "springy" banner (she wanted a pink birthday). She was in heaven opening all of her presents. Happy Birthday Joc!

I blogged about making these here.