FOUR!

Kelsey turned four years old today. How is that possible?? She has grown up into such a beautiful little girl who we couldn't be prouder of.

Currently she LOVES her gymnastics class and has gotten quite good at it. She can already do cartwheels and headstands and can flip around on the bars without help. She is also getting good at riding her bike around the neighborhood with all her neighborhood pals. At home she likes to play dress up, restaurant and house. Her best buddies are Matt, Tehya, Claire and Emma. She and Calvin are still inseparable when they're together but she doesn't typically request playdates or movie nights with him like she does all her other friends.

At school she has finally worked up the courage to do a trick in front of her class during the trick song (only took 6 months!). She loves doing the zoophonics alphabet, dancing during circle time, doing the daily art project and playing in the dramatic play room.

Her favorite foods are mac and cheese, apples, honey nut cheerios and crackers. For some reason she prefers to eat frozen foods still frozen - waffles, peas, corn, etc. Up until very recently pink and purple were her favorite colors but lately she's been saying red and blue are her favorites. I can't keep up ;)

I can't wait to see what 4 will bring. Today she seems to think of herself as "bigger". Before dinner I was asking her what she was going to order and she decided on a corn dog (this was shocking because 1. she ALWAYS wants mac and cheese and 2. she's never had a corn dog!). I asked her why the change from mac and cheese and she said "I think its time I try something new now that I'm 4". Love it! And while she did change her mind back to mac and cheese she did order her own dinner (a first!)


New playhouse for her birthday


The girls were so excited to play they went outside in the freezing cold in their jammies while I cooked breakfast :)


The requested breakfast - purple heart pancakes (purple was quite hard to do so we went for light lavender)


Jamba Juice treat with Mommy


Red Robin with Matt (who also shares the same birthday)


Birthday dessert!