Happy 4th Birthday, Lily!!!

Happy Happy Birthday, Lily!

I think you've had a pretty great 3rd year.  We love your silly personality and how sweet you can be.  You love preschool.  You love dancing and gymnastics.  You sleep in your bed all night (most nights) and you are overall pretty easy going (except when you're just having a 3 year old tired moment then you are not easy going at all :-) ).  You and Brenna have a love/hate relationship right now.  The love is much stronger than the hate.  You are each others best friend and if we're out in public you get along soooooo well.  But at home, there is lots of fighting and arguing.  Brenna's got a strong personality so in a way I'm proud of you that you can hold your own and can give her a dose of her own medicine sometimes. 

You  really loved your first year of preschool at CEC.  Ms. Cheryl and Ms. Alexis were your teachers  in the 2's and you just started the 3's with Mrs. Donham and Mrs. Willis.  Here are your school pictures from last October (turning 3) vs this October (turning 4).

 Seeing this pics from last year makes me realize how much bigger you've gotten this year!  You're sooo adorable.

 

 Your first preschool field trip to Publix

 Easter

 I loved watching you in your dance recital.  You took Ballet at the Community Center and both you and Brenna were in the recital.  You even had a special part where you got to be a Lobster hiding in the pot and you ran across the stage to get away from the Chef.  It was super cute and elicited many "awww's" from the crowd. 

 For Grammy and Grandpa's 40th Anniversary, we had some family pictures taken and here you are with your cousins Jaden and Jordyn.  Whenever you see baby clothes in the store you always say, "Awww, this would be so cute on Baby Jordyn."

An exciting thing that happened this year was you decided to get your ears pierced!  Brenna waited until she was almost 6 and liked to remind you a lot in an annoying-sister-sort-of-way that she had hers pierced and  you didn't.  Well I think you got sick of her always bragging and you decided that you were going to get it done so she couldn't rub it in anymore.  Here you are getting them pierced.  You weren't nervous at all before and cried for about 20 seconds after.  You were so proud of yourself and loved showing them off to everyone afterwards.

You are the cartwheel queen!  You've always been really coordinated.  At 2, you were zooming on your scooter all over the place.  At 3, you are doing cartwheels every place you go!  Ms. Liz at CEC pulled me aside and told me you were really amazing at gymnastics and we should seriously consider putting you in a good gymnastics program, you're that good.  Then the same week at Keep Flippin, your tumble tots coach told me she has never seen a 3 year old be able to do a one-handed cartwheel.  I told them you get a lot of practice in at home!  You LOVE your cartwheels.


You are very patient. loving, sweet, and well-behaved.  When you are home, you like to watch Daniel Tiger, color, and "do homework" like Brenna.  We love you so much and can't imagine how you could get any cuter.  Happy Birthday!  Love you!!!!