Emmie Is 4

Emmie turned 4 on Saturday! I think she had a great day.  She woke up to Ainsley and Owen decorating the house for her.   They worked magic with the streamers this year!

 

That after noon we went to see Despicable Me 2.  It was the first time we had been to the movies as a family in a long time. Usually I take the kids when John is working.  It was a fun outing, and I love that our kids are old enough to do that! 

Then we came home and Emmie played just dance.  One of her few birthday requests.  We made pizza for dinner and then Family came over that night for cake and ice cream. 

If this next picture were a video you would see that after I lit Emmie's candles, I immediately blew them out as I was trying to blow out the match.  Emmie took it like a champ and patiently waited for me to light the candles again. Such a pleasant girl :) 

She waited so patiently to open her gifts all day.  And when the moment finally arrived she was a bit like a sugar deprived kid given an entire bag of Halloween candy. She went crazy! There was paper flying as she tore in to them, and I'm pleased to say she loved every one.  She was so excited it just made us all laugh.

She wore her new Tangled dress all night, and wanted to wear it to church.  We managed to convince her that it might be best to just wear it after church. Don't want to make everyone jealous after all!

Emmie is such a fun member of our family. 
She is silly and happy and tender hearted. 
She loves princesses, and candy.
Lately she's really into coloring and drawing.  And she is actually good quite good at it. 
She can write her name (although she still can't tell you a single letter!)
She also can't tell you how old she is if you ask her, she just asks me in a whisper voice and then she can tell you.
She loves cold cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  (Rice Krispies, Honey Nut Cheerios, or rainbow cheerios-Fruit Loops, are her favorite.)
She wants to be a dragon when she grows up.
She loves to play barbies and Polly's.
Her best friends are Elsie, Susie, Molly, Brycen and Deacon.
She loves to sing.  She has several primary songs she sings loud and proud but my personal favorite is when the Cup Song comes on the radio and she is singing, "When I'm gone"  at the top of her lungs.