Being Four Changes Everything

The big day is finally here! Sasha has been talking about her golden birthday for months on end. She planned her guest list for her party about four months ago - Mae & Violet, of course, and all the little neighbor girls. She planned the color of her gifts around the same time - some gold (for her golden birthday) and some "not gold". And she's been counting down the days until her birthday for at least a week (and making sure to tell everyone she saw how many days were left). When she got up this morning I was on the computer and she came and stood right by me, stood up as straight and tall as she could, and said, "Mom, Mom, look how big I am now!"

Since the only time we could all be together today was before Jordan went to school, I made cinnamon rolls for breakfast, which has never happened before. Sasha freaked out because the frosting was dripping, so I had to cut hers into pieces and give her a fork. Then we took all the cards and presents in by Justin and woke him up so he could watch her open them. She'd been begging me for a pink tutu so I made one with an elastic hair band and tulle which ended up being really cute. We also got her some little suede and fake fur boots to wear with dresses and leggings, but her favorite present was free. I got a few bags of hand me down clothes and toys from my boss's girlfriend's nieces this week, and lo and behold there were two My Little Pony's, one with wings. I have a feeling that pony is going everywhere with her for the foreseeable future.

After breakfast, little miss sticky had a bath. She kept asking me all these questions about 4 persons, like "can 4 persons take a bath" and "can 4 persons use big washcloths". I couldn't figure out what she was talking about when I suddenly realized that she meant people who are 4 years old! Apparently she thinks that being a year older means not only do you grow much bigger overnight, but most aspects of your life will change. I'm afraid she's in for a bit of a let down. When she told me she's old enough now to eat in a big girl chair (instead of the high chair we put her back in because she's so short and has turned into such an antsy messy eater this year) I did tell her that we would give it a try, so that's something. Justin told me that while I was at work, before she went off for her birthday sleepover with Great-Grandma Louise and Great-Grandpa Glen, she told him that she hadn't got any gold presents yet. She also told Great-Grandma Louise when she came to pick Sasha up, so I imagine that problem will soon be remedied!

I can't believe my little baby girl is 4 years old already!