Four is Fun

Four is fun...that is what I told Katie Anne today when she asked how many sleeps until she turns five.  We measure everything in sleeps, you see, we have 9 sleeps until Christmas and so on.  But you must know that her birthday to turn 4 was only 2 sleeps ago, so to have her already look forward to being 5 is a little much.  When I told her she had about 364 sleeps until then (leap year!), I counseled her to just have fun being four, because 

FOUR is FUN!

Highlights of Katie Anne's Birthday:

* Playdough in the morning

*Lunch at McDonald's with her friend Hallie who gave her a My Little Pony toy.  Tack on happy meals (few and far between in this house), unlimited play time in play land, and ice cream and you have two happy girls!

*Grocery store trip to pick out ice cream to go with the cake later.  She went wild and picked vanilla.

*Rest time.  Even four year olds need rest time.

*Dinner request: homemade pizza!

*Surprise guests: Aunt Stacy, Uncle Mark, Grandma and Grandpa Hicken.

*Presents! A princess cash register, ballerina barbie doll, polly pockets, puzzle, and new dance clothes.

*Cupcakes!  Don't be too jealous of my amazing use of sprinkles.  

*After the surprise guests left we went bowling!  Katie Anne, Jane, and Jeffrey used the bumper lanes.  Jack, John and I took it the hard way.  John and I tied (113 if you must know!)

We love our Katie Anne.  She is such a sweetheart and smart to beat the band.  She is such a joy to have around and while I am THRILLED that she is happy and healthy and growing up so nicely, I am sad to not really have a baby anymore.  For reasons I feel no obligation to share on my blog she is our baby!  And I am going to miss her babyness as she grows and grows.  

But, in the words of my niece's boyfriend, I need some grand nieces and nephews now.  Hmm.. That is a good idea...

(Aren't you glad I updated my blog Miss A?)