Happy Duh-Day Ee Oo!

Hannah is four!  And the shirt Ellie Mae sent her lets you know - it says "4 years old and ready to rule!"  And she was.  And still is.  Yikes.  We didn't get a good picture but Aunt Sammy gave Hannah a cowgirl outfit that she went crazy over.  We let her wear it to school and then the next day.

After a very snowy April, it snowed AGAIN on Hannah's birthday.  I told Hannah that she should remember that it snowed on her fourth birthday because it's pretty unusual to snow on May 1st.

We had a celebration at home after school with a little cake and lot of smiles and chocolate faces.  Both girls had so much fun.

We saved Hannah's birthday present for Saturday morning since with the snow and the busy week she wouldn't have been able to ride her new bike!  She was so excited when it was presented to her.  Daddy told her there's nothing better in life than a new bike, and she believed it.

Hannah's birthday party at Bladium was a hit.  The birthday party before hers had left a mess in the usual party area that the staff didn't want to clean up, so we had on of the entire soccer fields to ourselves.  Hannah had so much fun.  You could tell she was proud that it was her party.  She welcomed each guest by running to take the gift out of their hands.  She definitely ruled.

In other news...  Hannah has been a little testy/bossy/rude lately.  She is quite the negotiator, and seems to think she has a lot of control over Mommy and Daddy.  That's gonna change, sweetheart.  And then there are the times she talks like a grown-up - in a bad way.  Like when on the way home from school I asked her  about what they talked about in school today and, specifically, what they discussed about oceans - the themes of the week.  I asked if she mentioned our trip to San Diego and she said yes.  I asked her what else she talked about and - I kid you not - she rolled her eyes and dropped her head down in exhaustion and said, "Just keep driving, mom.  I don't wanna talk about it."  When did my four-year old turn 13?!

Emma is starting to pick up on Hannah's ways.  Sometimes she can be an angel, always saying "thank you" and often doing what she's told.  And she says the cutest things, like "Oh goodness" when she saw that it was snowing - again!  (We had a very snowy April, followed by snow on May 1st.)  But sometimes she is just as rude as her sister.  Like when I tried to help  her in bathroom and she told me, "Go walk away!"  Wow.  She's not even two yet!  She also started hitting occasionally and testing limits.  But she's still pretty adorable.  And she loved celebrating Hannah's birthday!  She started singing, "Happy duh-day ee-oo!" (meaning happy birthday to you) and gets so excited by any mention of birthdays.  Her's is up soon!