Kiera's Family party

***I realized that I never finished this post - so now it is 2 months late. Oh well!***

We had a family party for Kiera the weekend before her actual birthday. Grammy & Grandpa Swanson, Grandma & Papa Jones, Tami, Dan, Evan & Siena were all here.

Checking out her new jewelry box from Grammy and Grandpa. She was so excited to have her own!


A pink scooter!

I thought it might take her a while to get used to riding it - that she might be nervous....she was an instant pro!

3-year-old Kiera:

31 lbs

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40 inches tall

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size 7 1/2 shoes

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size 4T clothes

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Favorite shows: Max & Ruby, Bolt, Dora, Diego, Team Umizoomi

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Favorite foods: chocolate milk, popcorn, any type of breakfast food (oatmeal, pancakes, waffles, etc.)

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Favorite color: purple

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She can count to 25 (NEVER says 15 though)

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She knows her ABC's

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She can spell her first name

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She is TERRIFIED of gloves; she'll wear her own gloves, but if anyone else has gloves on she has a complete panic attack. Visiting the dentist and Santa are not good experiences. Luckily our dentist is super nice and takes his gloves off just for her.

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She throws some impressive tantrums. She still won't sit in time-out, so we have to put her in her room with "the locker" when she's being naughty. ("The locker" is one of those door-knob covers so kids can't open doors. Hers is on the inside of her room. Yeah. We lock her in.)

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She loves primary and is excited to be a Sunbeam in a few weeks.

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She loves to sing. She knows lots of songs.

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She calls football "baseball".

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She loves to color.

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She loves to play with her cousins - Siena, Evan, Cooper and Hannah (baby Owen "doesn't do anything mama, he's too little for me")

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She is a pro and terrorizing Janae. She knows EXACTLY how to push Janae's buttons.

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She's very shy until she gets to know someone - it takes her awhile to warm up to new people/situations.

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I've learned that if I just make her do something new (like jumping into the foam pit at gymnastics), she realizes it's fun and gets excited to do it on her own. (I just picked her up and dropped her into the pit. What a good mother I am. She absolutely loves it now though!)

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We love her so much. She is a terrorist at times (Jeff calls her Al-Kiera and has this whole vision of Kiera making a video of her demands; the Dora blanket hanging as a backdrop and Janae tied up in front of it.) but she also has a sweet, loving side. We are blessed to have her in our family.

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We love you Peeka!