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She can brush her teeth. She can turn on the lights by herself. She uses the toilet alone (mostly). She eats without help. She can walk around NYC for hours without a ride. She climbs any of the playground equipment at the park by herself. She answers the doctors questions by herself...
It is happening subtlety, but surely. Calista asserts her independence daily by reminding us that she is THREE and she is BIG now. She approaches a group of middle school girls to let them know that she is big and can play with them now.
She loves music. If you followed her around all day you would feel like you were in a musical because she sings about everything.
She loves flowers. You'll see the theme in the photos.
She loves to play princess, with mommy as prince. But she's not afraid to get dirty, play doctor or cars.
She loves greeting cards, and sent her first email from daddy's phone to an unknown user. (Watch out, Jerry's contact list!)
The terms email, GPS, and Skype (as in, "You wanna Skype?") are old hat for her.
She wants to be a marine biologist when she grows up so she can "touch a dolphin and shark, and orcas and fishies." Or a zoologist so she can take care of a polar bear.
She reads many letters of the alphabet, and gets ecstatic when she sees a C anywhere. Costco is very special, because there are two C's (for Calista).
Our lives are so joyful with you, Calista!