Happy Birthday Addie

Addie is four years old today. Wow. We had a little party with her playgroup that was both fun and chaotic. Her favorite part of the party was the pinata which I don't have pictures of. This morning when I told her happy birthday the first things she said was, "Do I get to break another pinata and gets lots of candy?" she was very sad when I told her no.

Getting the caterpillars ready the night before
Her cake

Here are the girls with their finished caterpillars they will eventually grow "hair".
Thanks for the idea Sara.

The birthday Girl.

My Kid has Been Brainwashed

Lizzie has developed a sudden intense fear of bees. We have been trying to convince Addie to help her be brave which is hard because Addie started this fear of bees. We were outside yesterday and Lizzie started crying and yelling, "bee, bee." Nick told Addie to run down and help her to be brave. Addie ran down to Lizzie and said, "Lizzie, Livestrong, Livestrong."
Wow. I don't know where she comes from.

Why?

Addie has always put everything in her mouth (my sister's ring for instance). I thought it would end when she was done crawling. Nope. Maybe after being a toddler? Nope. In fact she still chews on most things, but we have a new development. She has moved up... to her nose. Why is it a good idea to put skittles in the nose? Why is it a good idea to stick lots and lots of tiny pieces of toilet paper in there? Why would you try to see if pop beads fit? I don't understand and am at a loss at how to make it stop.