Maci Love

Maci turned four today. I cannot believe she is getting so big. What really freaks me out is that I remember being four.....so that means Maci will remember, too! I've gotta say that Maci has gotten SO funny every year we've had her and each year has held more surprises for us. My favorite things about her this year:

• She makes this growling sound under her covers when she thinks I don't know where she's hiding. Sounds a lot like a jaguar growl. Every night. Never fails.

• She blocks every possible passageway in the house if she knows I'm trying to walk somewhere and makes me repeat a made up password to get by. Her latest is "Football four football score".

• She memorizes whole childrens books.

• If we let her watch anything on TV, which is limited, she pulls up her mini recliner, reclines it, and gets a blanket and snack before she can watch.

• She is reading small words and sentences...and thinks it's so funny to say the wrong letter when I ask her what something is.

• Every prayer she says goes like this: "thank you for everything and thank you for the whole world"....which I guess covers it all.

• She is generous and kind...she never thinks twice about sharing food/prizes with me and Jared. She shared her best pieces of Halloween candybecause she knew that Jared liked a certain kind. She asked to have the baby share her room, and she'll save things she gets so she can share with her friends.

• She is so happy...always laughing and trying to make us laugh. She is the definition of a social butterfly and I love her sense of humor.

• She STILL pretends she is asleep in her carseat when we pull into our parking lot. She has done this since she was 18 months old. She thinks it is the funniest trick in the book.

Cookies for Maci's

preschool class

Here are some pictures of her Pinkalicious birthday party. If you are unaware, Pinkalicious is the cutest children's book for a little girl...Maci and I love it. So we based her party around it and it WAS pinkalicious.

Pink overkill on the cupcakes...just how we like it

They decorated wands...they were so cute about the sticker jewels (Maci calls them dimes...meaning diamonds but I don't want to correct her!)

Blowing out the candles!

We had a small family get together as well...the superbowl naturally worked itself in. It was a lot of fun...

Love you, little Maci! You're the sweetest.