I want to be a big girl!

So those who know Bella, know she is tiny. She looks like the baby duckling when walking with a group of her peers. Now lets be honest, height does not run on either side of the family. My dad is the tallest on my side at about 5'5 and on Bill's side he is the tallest at 5'9. On the positive side I still can get he into place as 2 1/2- 3 (if she doesn't open her mouth). On the negative side, she sometimes needs to sit out because she does not make the size requirement.

SO this morning, Bella wakes and asks me her favorite question "What's my day"? I tell her we are going to lunch and Make A Messterpiece with Jenna and Amanda. Jenna and Amanda are her big girl friends (Jenna is 7 and Amanda is 8). They are daughters of my good friends Esther and Debra. She jumps up and runs back in her room. I go to brush my teeth and I hear click click click. I look downstairs and she is wearing dress up heals. Izabella tells me she is wearing these shoes when we go out. I tell her these are home shoes and not safe to wear out. She tells me she has to so she looks like a big girl. I tell her she is. She cries. I ask her what this is really about. She said she wants the people at the store to know she is a big girl when with Jenna and Amanda and not their baby sister. I get it now.

SO we talk about how she is a big girl and when she is 7 and 8 she will be bigger. I also explain to her that she is a big girl and if she was not Amanda and Jenna would not invite her. She then lists all the things they let her do with them. She smiles and tells me how much they love her. That they do. It really is a great friendship. Jenna is an only child and Amanda has 2 younger brothers and has asked for a sister. SO you ask me it is perfect, Bella has two big sisters and Jenna and Amanda get their little sister!

It never stops amazing me what goes through her head. Thank you Jenna and Amanda for being good friends to her. It means so much!