Rowan is almost three now, but if you ask her she'll tell you that she's turning four. She is a funny child and constantly has us laughing. She makes little jokes that are so funny and then she laughs hysterically at her own joke. She likes to knock on the door and say, "little pig, little pig, let me in," and I'll tell her, "not by the hair of my chinny chin chin." So she starts trying to blow down the door. Sometimes she wants to be the little pig and she'll tell me to play "big bad wolf" with her.
She has still maintained her love of animals. Tonight she said, "Ro ro will be a doctor for animals and Evey will be a doctor for people." Evelyn then said, "yeah, I'll give them shots." Rowan will always choose to carry around a stuffed animal rather than a doll. Her "favorite" varies day to day. She also loves cats, which she calls "meows," and has been asking me to get her one.
She's a smart girl. She likes to read, to sing songs, and to color. Speaking wise, the girls still have a baby-ness to their speech. I have heard them speaking to each other in a sort of odd twin language and I think they are actually dropping the consonants of the words. It sounds like gibberish, but they are talking back and forth so fluidly that it must make sense to them. Yet, when we read stories at night I've had both of them repeat words and read along with me, and then they sound much clearer. So perhaps they will grow out of it. Rowan is tall too. She has long legs and can wear a size 4 in some clothes and her feet are a full size larger than Evelyn's. Although, she seems about the same size as her friends at school.
When she was born, she was so strong physically that we believed she would turn out to be the roller derby girl or the tomboy out of the two. Oh, were we wrong. Rowan is sensitive and sweet. She gets scared easily and she's cautious at times. Evelyn will get into a bad mood and say, "I don't like Rowan," and it always makes Rowan cry. I can't recall ever hearing Rowan say that. Evelyn doesn't mean it, she can just be ornery at times. The girls are both very bonded to each other.
Rowan loves to wear dresses, and anything pink and fluffy. Thanks to the girls, I now know that tutus go with anything for any occasion, fancy dresses are for any time, and tiaras, bows, and other accessories should be not be worn in moderation. Our home is filled with pink and purple. Disney princess is on every item from the toothpaste in the bathroom, to the band-aids on their boo boos. Rowan's favorite princess is Snow White and so if she has an option for which princess, then it simply must be Snow White. Rowan is still our night owl. She doesn't like to go to bed at night or wake up early in the morning. Sometimes she'll wake up in the middle of the night and cry and we'll let her sleep in our bed the rest of the night. Last night was just such an evening and this morning Rowan said she went wahh, wahh (a cry) last night and got to sleep in mommy's bed--like it was all planned out. Andre said we'd been duped, but I don't care. She's nice to cuddle up next to.
She really adores Andre too. She misses him so much when he's gone and she'll ask me, "where my daddy go?" I'll say, "he's at work." If she is sick or unhappy then he's the one she wants to comfort her. She says that she belongs to Daddy, but I think he belongs to her as well. She is a daddy's girl.
Rowan is a beautiful child. I love her so much.
