kapria's favorite things: 4 years

OTHER FAVORITES

Movies/TV Shows:

• Aladdin
• Hercules
• Peter Pan (with real people)
• The Little Mermaid
• Pocahontas
• Barbie movies
• The Backyardigans
• Diego
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• My Big Big Friend

Books:

• Barbie in a Mermaid Tale
• The Napping House - by Don and Audrey Wood
• Munschworks - Collection by Robert Munsch
• Knuffle Bunny - by Mo Willems
• Chrysanthemum - by Kevin Henkes
• Any Disney Princess Story

Songs to hear at bedtime:

• "Goodnight My Angel" — Billy Joel
• "Come Thou Fount" —  Mom's favorite
• "The Rapunzel Song" —  "I See the Light" from the Tangled Sdtrk
• "Princess Songs"— songs that Mom makes up about whichever princess she wants to hear about 

Songs to hear in the car/dance to:

• "I Won’t Say I’m In Love" from the Hercules Sdtrk
• Entire Tarzan Soundtrack
• "I'll Make a Man Out of You" from the Mulan Sdtrk

Things to do:

• Read books, especially to herself
• Go on dates with Mom or Dad (especially to the movies)
• Play hide & seek
• DRESS UP - she changes her outfits five or six or seven times a day
• Play princesses
• Play with Mila
• Pretend to be Mila's mom ("Being in charge is so much fun!" she says.) or Mila's kitty
• Paint - she can sit and paint with watercolors for hours
• Run around at the park
• Put lipgloss on - she'll even pretend her food is lipgloss and put it all over her lips (peanut butter, yogurt, applesauce, anything)
• Draw with sidewalk chalk
• Ride a scooter
• Go to the beach, where she digs in the sand and chases the seagulls

Foods:

• clementines
• wheat thins
• taquitos
• carrots
• apples
• tortillas
• plain pasta

Treats:

• nerds
• ice cream
• pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

Dislikes:

• sandwiches
• hot dogs
• chicken nuggets
• lunch meat
• cheese
• cake or cookies
• going to her primary class (without Mom)
• going to preschool (without Mom)
• being away from Mom

Sleeping:
Kapria no longer takes naps. Often she'll fall asleep in the car if we drive anywhere in the afternoon. But she doesn't take naps at home UNLESS she's fallen asleep in the car. Then she'll sleep about an hour, no matter if it's in the back of the grocery cart or on the love sac in the living room. Most days she has quiet time in the living room while Mila naps and Mom works. The first hour is spent playing on her own, then the second hour is usually spent watching a show while she continues playing.

Since she gets up at 7am every day, she has started going to bed at 7pm (instead of 8 or 8:30pm). This has made a huge difference in her happiness/grouchiness levels during the day. (More often happy instead of afternoon grouchy.) This child needs her sleep. If she doesn't get enough, she is cranky as can be. But if she does get enough, she's one of the happiest girls we know.

We sure love our Kapria!