The Birthday Girl

Thursday morning our little girl woke up to her fourth birthday. She was so excited to be four and celebrated with mom, dad, Nan Nan who dropped by with cake and gifts and special phone calls from friends and family. On Sunday we had the "big" party at the Splash pool and had a really great time. Everything ran smoothly and we got to swim for 3 hours after an hour of pizza, cake and presents. We were so happy to have some friends and family there celebrating with us.

Sid was so excited when she woke up Sunday. We arrived at the pool about 20 minutes early and Sid started running around the table shouting I am FOUR! I am FOUR! While holding up her four little fingers. She was in absolute bliss with the promise of a party.

Kids having pizza while moms and dads had sandwiches, veggies and fruit

Unwrapping gifts before cake. How did the cousins know?!

A special card and gift from Uncle Rick

Even the big kids were having fun!

Once back home Sid hadn't even taken her coat and boots off before she had her calico critters open. She had to get more bunnies to play recital.

Then is was break time to play her new Dora game on the Wii
After registering her new webkinz and putting Tulip to bed (online) it was time for Sid and the real Tulip to head to bed. It was an awesome day. Thank you to all our friends and family who made it so memorable and special for us.

The next morning started off with the need to play her new Hullabaloo game from Toby and then she dressed herself and was very proud of the combination.
ACK!!!!!

Definitely an improvement from the stripped socks!

After gymnastics we spent the afternoon outside playing in the sun. Sid took Groovy for a walk around the yard all by herself for the very first time. Not sure Groovy was very impressed with the idea but she tolerated it.

Groovy Sit
Good DOG!

Sid received a really cool Make Your Own Lip Balm kit from her friend Celia. She wanted to make it so badly and it took all of about half an hour so we did that after the dog walk. Sid read the label on the Bees Wax container and said "Mommy did this bees wax come from bees ears?"

After dinner and a bath we bundled up and went and laid out in the back yard to see if we could catch any of the Leonids leonid.arc.nasa.gov . Sadly the peak of the meteor shower was at 4:00am so we only saw one shooting star around 7:30 pm. It was still really fun and Daddy came home and was able to point out many constellations to Sid. She was really interested until our feet got cold then it was time to head in.

Our own Star Party

Daddy comes home just in time to teach an astronomy lesson