Out of the mouth of Aspen

We were shopping for backpacks for her and she saw a Dora one and announced to the store "Dora's not even cool anymore"

She has a hard time making decisions because she wants to do and have everything. I'm always telling her she needs to make a decision, and she always tells me there are too many. Isn't that the truth about life!

"I don't want to be called cute anymore! I want to be called Aspen the Beautiful!"

Talking about her stuffed animal, "He's a nocturnal by day animal and a nocturnal by night animal...have you ever HEARD of one of those?" No aspen, I have not. But Nocturnal is a very big word for a little girl

"You lift one side, and I will lift one side. That's cooperating mama!" Oh how I love her!!!

Today we went to McDonalds and I bought her a happy meal, and she says, "Thanks for getting me a happy meal this time mom, last time you got me a sad meal remember!" haha. She thinks when I get her fast food and I don't get it in a "Happy meal" that it's a "sad meal"

She makes my heart sing. She is always saying and doing the cutest things and I just love her so much. We read a chapter book together every night, and I cherish the time with her. This is the first year she has allowed me to read her a chapter book. Before she has been too bored with it. When we first started out reading the chapter book a couple weeks ago, she threw fits about having to listen to a book with no pictures, but now she insists on it every night. I love her more than I can ever say! I went to girls camp the past 3 days (more on that later) and I didn't realize how much I miss her when I'm away from her, because I normally get to at least talk to her on the phone every day when I'm gone, but this time I didn't have any service and didn't get to talk to her for 3 days and I was really homesick for my little buddy.