Abby turned four years old in March. Four! I have a four year old. How it is even possible that my precious baby is four is beyond me. This is a really fun age. So confident, so funny, so inquisitive, so imaginative. "Why?" is a pretty common question in our house. I'm amazed how much she is now able to do herself. She puts her own dishes in the dishwasher, feeds our dog, and helps me in the yard. She loves to help me in the kitchen, especially anything involving stirring, measuring, and tasting.
We started the birthday with presents at home. Yes, it was the year of the bicycle! Abby already asked when the training wheels can come off. Later my mom came down and we went to her new house and then had a pre-party lunch of pizza. The actual party was at the Little Jumping Bean. Abby truly squealed with excitement as each of her friends arrived. Lots of friends, lots of jumping, and one very tired little girl at the end of the day. My personal favorite part of the day was the blowing out of the candles. We had barely begun singing the Happy Birthday song when Abby blew, the candles went out (leaving us in complete darkness), and the singing momentarily stopped as everyone tried to figure out proper protocol for singing when the candles had already been extinguished. Abby was just ready to get to the cake!
The birthday girl on her new bicycle. She was ready to go riding right when she first got up despite the fact that it was still dark outside.
Ready for her party!
Cake!!!
This picture was made on her actual birthday. Happy Birthday my beautiful girl!!!