Mairin is FOUR

Our baby is four.  I'm still holding on to the fact that four is technically still a toddler but she is losing more and more of those baby/toddler characteristics as time continues to fly by.  She's such a cool kid and we are so proud and amazed by her.  She's really funny, super cute, smart as a whip, outgoing with her friends, not afraid to speak her mind, and is so lovey dovey.

Mairin's birthday fell on a Monday this year so there were a couple of housekeeping items that needed to be accomplished before the fun could start but then the day was hers.  She chose to visit the zoo and remembered that she had a zoo scavenger hunt that was given to her months ago.  She was very strict to the rules of a scavenger hunt and did not want to veer off the path and observe any animals that were not on her list.  The only animal that was not available to view was the lion but we found a picture of one and that seemed to do the trick.

After the zoo, we came home and she relaxed for a bit while I made her cake and then Heidi, Ella and Nora stopped by for a quick visit and then the Ivans arrived as well for dinner and cake.  She picked noodles so I made a pasta dish, she opened the rest of her gifts and then we sang "Happy Birthday" and watched her blow out all four candles.

 

Nolan refused to sit on the monkey statue with his sisters but chose to sit in the stroller instead?  He makes odd decisions these days.

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