Little Miss Independent

Lately our sweet little 3 year old princess has become little miss independent. I hear the words, "Mommy no help, I can do it myself," about a thousand times a day. She loves to dress herself and change her clothes many times throughout the day. I've got to be honest - I am not loving some of her fashion decisions. A few weeks ago we seriously went to church with Princess dress up shoes. She switched them right before she headed out to the car and I didn't notice until we were at church. Nice huh? Probably no mother of the year award for me - have you ever noticed how noisy those dress up shoes are? Not really ideal for sacrament meeting. I try not to get worked up over clothes and I let her wear anything she wants to bed. Her bumblebee dress up, Hema's old PJ's, a church dress...I let her creativity blossom at night! Here are a couple recent pictures from the past week.

Her pj shirt and Hema's bottoms:

Look at the smile on her face! She got the bottoms on inside out and backwards and the top is buttoned crooked, it is backwards and inside out too! I offered to help her switch them and she simply said, "No Mommy. Dis how I like it!" Okay sweet girl - still adorable to me! 

One thing about Vela though, she is a total snuggle bug. She will stop pretty much anything she is doing to get a hug or quick "nuggle." Every time she gets really excited or happy she throws her arms around my neck and says, "Thank you Mommy and Happy Birthday." It is so cute and funny. I guess Happy Birthday is her way of wishing you good things. These kids are growing up way to fast! I've thought this at every stage so far, but man I wish I could just freeze time right now.