Today Lily is 4 years old!!!! Where does the time go? She has been looking forward to her birthday for quite some time now. We have told her, "Your birthday is not until the spring," and "Your birthday is at Easter time," and so she has been asking, "is it Spring yet?" and "Is it Easter?" Yesterday we told her that the next day was her birthday, and she replied, "You mean it is Spring tomorrow?"
We love Lily so much! She is so fun and great to be around! We were in the grocery store the other day and we walked past a lady who had some Easter lilies in her cart, and Lily said to her, "Those are lilies, and I am Lily!" The lady thought it was so cute. Lately she has been asking a lot about what she was like as a baby, and how did she say certain words. She is so funny sometimes!
We are having a joint birthday party with the girls friends and cousins on Friday, Izzy's birthday, but today we still had a little family party with just us. We then went to the zoo, where the girls could pet the new baby chicks, and make a butterfly craft. After, we went swimming at the Kinsmen, on Lily's request, as she got a new pair of goggles for her birthday today and was anxious to use them. All in all it was a great day, and it was nice to have both Ben and Izzy home with us to celebrate as it was a holiday.
Here are a whole bunch of pictures of the day:
She was a little scared of the sparkler :)
She snuck in a little smile here. Probably because she knew it was almost done!
She has been asking for this Alexa Barbie doll for a long time. It is the main character from the movie, "Barbie and the Diamond Castle," which she loves. She calls it a "LEE EXA Barbie." This picture shows how happy she was to get it!
The doll sings, and here is a picture of her singing and dancing along to it. It was so cute.
We decided to get both of the dolls from the movie. She loves them and is really good at sharing them.
