Elsie Jane...

Last week while the kids were playing on the backdrop I was able to snap some pictures of Elsie...a makeshift photo shoot! She is wearing clothes I would normally never pick out and he hair is more than a little funky...but these pictures have totally captured Elsie and her free spirit...The picture below is my favorite...so typical of Elsie to use the bench as a frame when others would see it only as something to sit on...this girl knows how to think outside the box already...my hope is that she will never lose that...

This girl is my sidekick...we do everything together...
She can drive my crazy at times...

Sometimes I get exasperated with her dramatic ways and free spirit...

Then I take a deep breath and realize the there are important things in life than arguing about which shirt to wear...

It is far more important that she feels secure with who she is...I want her to listen her creative being and have the creativity and boldness to express herself however she wants...

Elsie is a pretty special girl who does things her own way...

The photo below is the typical "don't mess with me, I am ticked off" face...you will know when you have crossed the line with Elsie because she will give you "the look"...she can hold her own for sure...but I guess you have to in a big family!

As soon as "the look" is gone she is all happy with her sunny disposition back...I prefer the sunny face the best!

A perfectly happy little girl...who says she not just 3...but rather almost 4...(Her b-day is November!) She is trying her hardest to catch up in age to her beloved Auntie Em who is 8...I keep telling her to slow down and enjoy being 3 because I don't want my baby girl to grow up! She thinks I am ridiculous...