Our girlie-girl is five!
Matching outfits with Betsy!
The newest development of the past month or two is calling herself Eliza, or at least signing her papers Eliza (because those last b-e-t-h letters are just too long!). Some of the helpers at church think her name is Eliza, so they’re confused that her nametag says Elizabeth while Derek (who usually picks her up) calls her Lizzie. She is also playing with her dolls all the time these days. I’m always hearing her talking to Betsy and Lucy the bear (or Felicity and Elsa, her AG mini dolls), and she’s back to narrating her life again. (When she narrates, though, she’s still Lizzie or Elizabeth or Mother.) I love how the dollies are making their way all over the house!
First homemade doll clothes made with her own sewing machine!
Our girl has become quite domestic of late. In addition to caring for her babies (and scolding us if we’re being too loud for them to sleep), she “dance cleans” (to the Rogers and Hammerstein Cinderella soundtrack). She has been enthusiastically hand-sewing felt doughnuts and has mentioned several times how much she’d like to have a sewing machine like Mommy’s. My mom and I did a bit of research and found that Janome makes well-rated kid machines in purple! When Elizabeth opened Grandma and Grandpa’s present today, she was speechless with joy. When we sat down to make a dress for Betsy this afternoon, she immediately knew what to do after having watched me sew so many times.
While she can be sulky and still sucks her right index finger (which replaced her thumb) when mad or bored, Elizabeth is generally cheerful, helpful, and pretty grown-up. What a blessing to have her in our family!
She is looking so grown up! Love the matching bathing suits on Betsy and her. They look adorable! 🙂