Happy 4th birthday, Meili!!!

Oh, the excitment of a four year old. I can't believe she is already four. I remember Mckenzie's fourth birthday and it does not seem like long ago... and now look at her... oh.

Anyway, we had a great day! We woke up Meili much earlier than she is use to as you can see from the photos. She always takes an hour or so to wake up - she loves to lick her pillow and veg usually watching Dora, drinking hot pink milk in her Dora sippy cup... but this morning was different :) I love the pictures. They tell all. It did not take her long to go from sleepy eyes to happy smiles. She went through all of my gift bags the week before and instructed me that I needed to wrap the gifts in the green paper and then put the gifts in the bags. After presents we had breakfast - Lucky Charms- and got ready for her birthday party. We invited her sweet friend Mady, and the 10 girls (yes 10) from her primary class. I could not believe that there are so many girls her age... guess I've not paid to close attention to the nursery... They all played and got along so well. A very nice group of girls. Meili was in heaven the whole time. Mckenzie, Lexi, Ashlyn, Reese and Davis planned a perfect Dora party for the girls. They were a bit surprised how quickly the games went but it all ended perfectly. We tried making little pizzas and they ate cupcakes and Superman ice cream. After the party, I let the boys play with their friends and they had fun playing with Meili's new Wedgits. For anyone looking for a wonderful gift we all love these - they are the best. Meili got her purple set that she has wanted from Grandma/pa Hunsaker and we gave her a huge set for her birthday (she got a 30 piece set for Christmas, too) The girls love to stack the wedgits and you can also build challenging things. We had a great time spending time during the afternoon building them. Meili played with all of her new gifts from her friends and put many, many layers of fingernail polish on and eye shadow on. After Scott got home that evening we took Meili to her favorite restaurant - Idaho Pizza. She loves the chocolate pizza...mmmmmmmm..... and pop, croutons, sunflower seeds and eggs from the salad bar.

It was a perfect day. She did not get whiny (probably because she crashed for a while) but just kept her smile all day and enjoyed it. We are SO blessed to have her in our family.