She is 4! I can't believe it. We had a lot of fun celebrating Brooklyn's birthday this year. We were in McCall the weekend before her birthday so we decided to do some family celebrating. On Saturday we took her ice skating for the first time. She was so excited and not hesitant at all. The first couple of times around I pretty much just pulled her, but after that she insisted on doing it all by herself. It took us about 30 minutes to get all the way around the rink, but she had a blast and only fell 2 times. Craig hung out with McKay in the bleachers, Craig is not a fan of ice skating so he was more than happy to volunteer to hang with McKay. That night we let her choose where she wanted to go for dinner, she choose My Father's Place. It was a fantastic choice in my opinion and she even choose the banana/hot fudge milkshake for us to all share.
Wednesday the 22nd was her actual birthday. Her only request was that she wanted an "Elsa" cake, which lucky for me just meant a cake with light blue frosting. On Tuesday I made a cake and a bunch of cupcakes, then on Wednesday Brooklyn helped me make the frosting and made sure it was just the right color. For lunch that day I took her to McDonald's so she could play, my parents met us there to eat as well. That night for dinner we had her favorite dinner, frozen ravioli from Walmart and Texas toast. Luckily she is very easy to please. After dinner she opened up presents and then all the family came over for cake and ice cream. She was so excited to have all of her cousins over. She is definitely very loved and is very lucky to have so many people care for her.
Brooklyn is such a sweet girl. We are so blessed to have her in our family. She is kind, obedient, loving, polite, and so much more. One of my favorite things about her is she is so good about complimenting others. If she likes your shoes, or hair, or clothes, she will let you know. She is also so good about sharing with others. She doesn't get upset if one of her little cousins takes the toy she is playing with or she will very willing give up her toy to someone else if she knows they really want it. She is so polite to everyone. She makes sure to always say please and thank you. I love listening to her prayers. She truly just has a conversation with our Heavenly Father and she really thinks about what is going on around her when she prays. She loves her brother so much and is such a wonderful big sister. She is always willing to run and grab something for me or entertain him while I am trying to get things done and she never complains about it. She loves to watch TV like her mama. We got rid of cable last October and never got an antenna, so all that we have is Netflix. We found Magic School Bus on there and she is now obsessed. There are 4 seasons and she is now on her 4th time through. She also loves Sid the Science Kid, Super Why, and Little Einsteins. I figure if she is going to watch TV, these are at least educational.
She is so dang smart. She loves to go to preschool, but she also loves to keep learning at home. She loves to write her letters, she can write and spell all of our names. She loves to figure out rhyming words. She can count to 50. She has a great memory. She still loves puzzle and loves to have us read to her. She is also a little OCD. Craig once told her that we like to turn off lights when we aren't in the room so that the lights don't die. Well now this child will not let a light stay on unless we are right there in the room. I'm sure it is great for the utilities bill but sometimes it is a little obnoxious because she will turn a light off before we are even out of the room or we will leave the light on because we are going back into the room in just a minute, but she will have already gone and turned the light off. We now have at least have her asking if we are done in the room before she turns it off. At her 4 year check up with the doctor she finally broke the 30 lb barrier. She weighs in at a whopping 31 lbs (17%) and she is 40 inches tall (60%). She has no bum so we cannot get any pants to stay on her because we have to buy them long enough (definitely a moss issue not a williams). She took her shots like a champ, didn't even flinch or cry. We love her so so much and are so excited that she is 4 years old.
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