violet two and a half

My middle wild child is two and a half.  This girl is too much.  She is a lover of life.  Expressive and emotional.  Her ups are ups and her downs are downs.  She is physical, strong and brave.  It's a bit difficult to capture her awesomeness on camera these days because she can't be bothered to have her picture taken, but here are some of my recent favorites:

 

That's a pirate sword in her hand.  

Homegirl is protesting napping but can't hang.  She'll stay in her room for an hour plus but never fall asleep.  She usually passes out on the floor/couch/highchair by the end of the day.  It's hilarious and super annoying at the same time :)

She is obsessed with these jammies and wants to wear them every day.  Those boots are on over the footies.

Spends most afternoons digging in the dirt.

Fun facts about Violet:

• Violet LOVES playing pretend.  She loves to be Jake, Peter Pan, or Mickey.  She assigns names to the rest of us (Kennedy is usually the girl character, I'm usually Captain Hook or Pluto) and stays in character for hours.  
• Favorite foods are Cheerios with soy milk, spaghetti, fruit, and yogurt.  Violet has very refined tastes and often chooses to go to bed hungry rather than eat what I've cooked.
• Miss early riser.  Usually up before six.  I would love to drop her nap if it meant sleeping in but she just can't make it.
• We did a gymnastics class and she loved it.  We're now doing ballet which Kennedy and Violet can do together.

Violet girl, my sweet baby.  I love watching the little person you're becoming.  God has big plans for you.