Birthday Girl!

Liv kicked off her big day with a new birthday shirt, donuts and then headed off to school.  Daddy, Graham and I got to visit her classroom this afternoon to talk about Liv, hear songs and share a treat with her classmates.  Followed by a few more little presents and dinner with Grandma and Pop-Pop, Olivia had a wonderful birthday and almost immediately fell asleep tonight (which rarely happens).  Happy 4th birthday sweet Livie Maeve!

4 Year-Old Birthday Interview

Favorites:

• Breakfast -- bagel

• Vegetable/fruit -- strawberries

• Drink -- water

• Lunch -- mac n cheese noodles

• Dinner -- potatoes

• Toy -- Emma (irish dancing doll) and my new bike

• TV Show -- The Swan Princess

• Game -- playing house

• Book -- The Disney Princess book that Dad likes to read

• Holiday -- Valentine's Day

• Animal -- giraffes 

• Color -- pink and purple

• Thing to do at school -- color

What do you want for your birthday? Make cupcakes and make balloons and paint tea cups. I want to play with Dad and play with my new American Girl doll.

What do you love about each person in our family?

• Dad: He gives me tickles everywhere.

• Mom: I love how Mom gives me kisses.

• Graham: I love how Graham tries to make me laugh and I love when I make him laugh every day.

• Penny: I love when Penny gives kisses to me.
• New Baby Brother: I love when the new baby can hear me in mom's belly.

Where would you like to go on vacation this year?  Florida!

What are some of your wishes for this year? I wish for presents and to see what people give me.

What makes you happy? Kisses. 

How old is your mom? I don't know.  Tell me. Tell me!

How tall is your mom? Really tall.

What does Dad do for a job?  Works in the work tower.  The blue work tower.

What is Dad's favorite thing to do? Make me laugh.

What is Mom's favorite food? Strawberries.

What do you and Mom do together? Color pictures together.

What makes you sad? When people are bad to me.

What is Dad’s favorite food?  Blueberries.

What does our family like to do together?  We like to go on walks and have ice cream together and have dinner together at restaurants. 

What are you going to be when you grow up? I want to be a ballerina and a ballerina teacher.

Who are you going to marry? I don't want to get married.

Who are your best friends? Ellie and Saoirse!!

Anything else you want to talk about now that you are four years old? You missed that I am going to be four!

***Here are Liv's answers from her third birthday interview.

American Girl Outing

To continue Liv's 4th birthday week, we had a special outing to American Girl for her to pick out her very own doll. Liv picked a girl that looks just like her- brown hair and blue eyes. According to Liv, her name is "Caroline" and she is four years old just like her.

 

We celebrated and welcomed Caroline to our family with a little afternoon tea. Our dolls feasted on their own snacks and tea in their special chairs and we sang to the birthday girl with a special cupcake treat.

 And as soon as we arrived home, Caroline and Olivia decided to wear matching ballerina outfits and have their first dance lesson together.

Happy birthday eve Livie! Let the fun continue tomorrow on the official birthday!

Birthday Bike!

As an early 4th birthday present for Miss Olivia, she picked out her very first bike this weekend!  Pink! She will be a riding pro in no time (especially once we move and have a long driveway to practice).

Here she is "getting the hang of it."

Glimmer of Spring

Friday Happy Hour

A fun Friday afternoon concert with Little Miss Ann at Heritage Littles to kick off the weekend.

Little Lefty

It's become clear in recent weeks that Liv is definitely a lefty when it comes to writing.  She gets to be in the exclusive left-handed club with Papa, Aunt Cate and Brendan.  Growing up, my dad always made being a lefty seem so special and that they were extra creative. I know he would impart the same special feeling down to our Livie too.

She's also become obsessed with her workbook that Daddy gave her for Valentine's Day.  Every day she diligently works her way through writing her letters, numbers, shapes, colors, matching, etc.  We're very impressed with her focus and ability to understand the directions and follow through.