Toddler Days

Liv is embracing all things toddler -

...except for being the world's fussiest eater, as some toddlers can be. Liv is actually pretty good about trying new things, she doesn't freak out if her food "touches," or eat nothing but french fries for a week. She of course has her favorites (and meatballs are def. on the list!).  

But I get this face with some frequency:

...and she pouts, and giggles, and jumps, and runs, and imagines climbing a ladder to paint the clouds pink at sunset, or to go visit the cresent moon. "It's right there. It's all alone. I'll climb up there and sit." ... from a recent bedtime conversation that utterly melted my heart.

and every once in a while, if I'm lucky, she wears herself right out: