We celebrate first teeth -- coming and going. We party for goals achieved, lessons learned, and great behavior. We honor good grades and hug and kiss and snuggle and eat ice cream for a number of many other accomplishments for all of the Belles.
Clara Belle has perhaps the strongest personality of all of the Belles right now. She is dominant, yet sensitive. Observant, yet wary. Outspoken, yet shy. She is my enigma, my oxymoron, my wonder.
She thinks she is pretty amazing, and she's right! She is also realizing, she is small. We're not talking "Little People" small, but small nonetheless. It's hard to remember that she's not a little baby any more, because she is still perfectly sized, and often it is quicker to carry her somewhere than wait for her tiny legs to bring her there. She also hears it at school...as she tries to reach things, like light switches. She was very proud of herself when she could finally reach them at home, though she has to dance on the very top of her toes to do so. But all of that is okay with her...until the other kids at school start telling her "you're not growing" and "you're so little". Now she has started to have a complex about her size, and everything is in comparison to how 'big' she's getting. Poor thing.
And yet, through it all, she's blossoming. And her personality keeps blooming, not always in good ways now, but ways I know will serve her well in the future.... Ways that will probably drive us crazy for the next 14 years, but after that, we should be good. At least that's what I tell myself now.
So while I'm tempted to set money aside for her future law career, instead I will plan her 4th birthday which is just around the corner. And today, while it may only be in my mind, I will celebrate my "little" girl...my "middle" girl...because she's finally 3 feet tall. Congratulations Clara. We love you.
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