Kenzie tends to focus on what her little brother is doing quite a bit. If/when he missteps, she promptly reports it. Rather than have a tattle-tale, we have been known to tell Kenzie to "pay attention to Kenzie" and not worry about what her little brother is doing. Although we try to get her to deal directly with him, I've even said, "it's not your job to boss him around." A few days later that came back to bite me. Mason was painting his highchair with yogurt and Kenzie beckoned me with a tone of authority, "Mom, will you come in here and do your job???!?"

For an almost-four-year-old, she worries about things that I sometimes think most little girls don't (shouldn't?). Sometimes when we get in the car she'll ask me, "Mom, do we have enough gas?" Or she'll make sure that I know where we're going..."are you sure?" Don't ever forget to buckle your seatbelt or you'll hear about that one the entire trip. The lesson to me has been: don't introduce her to any rule that you're not willing to enforce all the time.

Tonight she went to the dog park dressed in a pink t-shirt. Before she ventured into the field she told Cindy, "Look for the girl with the pink shirt. It has flowers on it." I swear we've never lost her!