Our little Princess

Chloe is such a fun combination of total girly girl (princess dresses, dancing, crowns) and an outside loving, invites bugs to crawl on her hands, loves getting drenched in the rain kind of girl! Over the last months I've enjoyed watching her play skills develop (yes it does take skills to play;). She's getting better and better at playing with other kids as well as imaginary play by herself (or with imaginary friends). Here are some of my favorite pictures that we've taken of her this past year in the midst of her imaginative play! I hope in some small way they help communicate to you in ways that words can't just how much fun Chloe has on a daily basis.
PS- These are all my favorites from January up till now so you'll probably notice a change in Chloe as you scroll down.

I took this not too long after Colton was born. Chloe had been attempting to put a diaper on her baby the way she had seen me put them on Colton.

...sittin' in her "boat"

Her jewelry box she got for Valentines day

Playing princesses with Alicia

Hiking with Dad

Being "Mommy" to her baby monkey

Cinderella! This was not an attempt to be like cinderella as she had not seen it at this time. This is just Chloe, doing Chloe-ish things.

Right before I snapped this Chloe told me that she wanted to "do this like the people who sing..."

Like her mommy before her she loves this baby and prefers to carry her around on her hip

First time using scissors!

She loved it!

She fixed her hair all by herself!!

What does a princess do when her yo-yo gets tangled? Turns it into a necklace of course!

Chloe and her "honey" kitties. (Honeys is how she refers to kids)