4 Years Old!

Mara turned 4 yesterday and is so proud of it!!!

Here she is modeling a new dress she got from Grandma Tolman, and she had to put the bow from the top of the present on her dress too! 

It makes me think of Phoebe on Friends :)

A few things about Mara:

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  She is very loving and is always willing to give hugs and kisses (even to my belly!)
• She loves her big brother and always wants to do the things that he's doing, eventhough it drives Xander crazy because he says she's a 'copy cater'!
• She is always so excited when Daddy comes home and always gives him loves.
• She loves to play in the bathtub and pretend that she's a mermaid.
• She is always playing 'princess' with either her princess dolls or dress ups.
• She loves to dance and will do it ALL the time, even when we're in a hurry to get dressed or go somewhere.
• She is a poser, as you can tell from the picture.
• Her favorite TV shows are Olivia and Word World. She also loves Phineas & Ferb because Xander does.
• She loves ALL princess movies (especially Little Mermaid right now) and is starting to watch Barbie movies too, thanks to Uncle JD & Uncle Chris.
• Her favorite color is Pink.
• She loves to eat cheese sandwiches, pink milk, and fruit snacks.
• She's a really good eater and will (for the most part) eat whatever I make for dinner, even if it takes her all night, she'll still eat it, only because we make her :)
• She is very excited to be a big sister and talks about it all the time.
• She knows how to count past 10, but doesn't know her ABC's (I blame myself)
• She knows how to write her name with a little help.
• She still has some trouble with her colors. She mixes up Yellow & Blue. For a long time we thought that she might be color blind, but realized that she was just unsure about how to say Yellow. Now that she knows how to say "Lellow" she's getting much better.
• She says certain words wrong like forgot = gotfer, does = dews, she= her. I love it and am sad that she'll grow out of it.
• She loves having 'pretty hair' but usually cries when she gets wet from the waterbottle!
• She loves her bear and takes her everywhere we go. But bear stays in the car for the most part because of being lost at Target last year.
• She has a great imagination and can play by herself for hours.
• She loves to wear dresses and skirts, and will usually get mad at me if I pick out pants for her to wear, but she will wear leggings :)
• She loves to have 'play dates' but usually ends up bossing her friends around.
• She knows how to unbuckle her seat belt, but can't buckle it by herself yet :(
• She wears a size 11 shoe and is a 5-6 in the girls section for clothes.
• She's in the 90% for her height (41 3/4 inches) and 97% for her weight (48.8 lbs).
• She loves to collect stickers and draw pictures.
• She loves books and wants to be read to all the time.
• She likes to have her nails painted, but it doesn't stop her from biting them.
• She likes to sing, but gets embarassed when people pay attention to it.
• She is very polite and says 'please' and 'thankyou' all the time.

I love my little girl and am constantly surprised and amazed at the things that she does. Every time my children have birthday's I'm always floored at how fast they are growing up. It's just amazing how fast time flies by. It feels like yesterday that she was born and now she's 4.

Happy Birthday Mara!

I Love You!