Birthday Weekend!

The Big Four. Festivities began on Friday night, with a Birthday Dinner with friends Jon, Michelle, Ezra and Tirzah...and the unveiling of "the big box from Grandpa and Mimi". A very large box arrived on our doorstep a full week before THE day, creating a week of torture and angst for the soon to be 4 year old. Weather didn't permit us to set up the bouncer outside, so all the stuff in the basement was shoved to one side, creating just barely enough room for the super toy! Good pictures were near impossible with four jumping, jostling, wrestling and wriggling bodies bounding around and the ugly basement light, but maybe you can get the idea. At one point, Abby threw her arms in the air and declared, "I LOVE THIS THING!!!!!"

Thanks Grandpa and Mimi, the bouncer was the hit of the weekend. My kids are spoiled.

Saturday, the actual day of the birthday, began with this:

I know, right? April 26th??? Good grief. Anyway, it was a good day. Aunty Karen had her birthday party in the afternoon (they share a birthday), which was fun, then Blue Grandma, Grandmama and Uncle Rick came over for lasagna and cake. More fun, sugar and presents!

Sunday we played hooky from church and headed down to the Mall of America...Abby loves the rides and had birthday money burning a hole in her pocket! We had a blast, it was so much fun to be together with no big agenda and the entire day to kill!

So, what does a big 4 year old spend birthday money on? These:

And lipgloss. Blue lipgloss. Lots of blue lipgloss. Doesn't she look glamorous? The big girl fell asleep in the car on the way home from the mall, but not before putting on her makeup!