Young Party of Four

This week has been jam packed. Not because we did a ton of stuff that might have been out of our norm, but because we were prepping for a certain little lady's fourth birthday party. Plus, Steven's work situation continued to be super busy so he was not home much at the beginning of the week. We started our week by hitting up the fountains in Winter Garden with our neighbor and her little girl. The kids seem okay with this type of "splash pad" but definitely prefer the more true splash pads. This is just fountains that shoot up in the air so there isn't as much interaction with them as there would be at a real splash pad. It still provides some fun and a reprieve from the heat for a little while. We got there right at 9 when they turn the fountains on and stayed for about an hour. Kenzie had fun in the actual fountains. Will found a deep-ish puddle to play in. Haha! The fountains themselves are sort of strong and shoot up pretty forcefully so they continue to be

Best. Birthday. Ever. Seriously. Kenzie had a blast!!! I'm not sure how we are going to compete with this year after year. I always take a picture of her the morning of her birthday. Her first day being 4-years-old. This year we took a trip to Pixie Hollow. Apparently we only saw Summer while we were there though because it was HOT HOT HOT. (All 4 seasons exist at once in Pixie Hollow for any of my non-Tinkerbell watching friends.) Months ago Kenzie asked for a Minnie Mouse party. Right before I started to plan that party, I asked one more time what theme she wanted and she quickly changed her mind. She insisted that she wanted a Tinkerbell party. We knew that this year was going to be a bit different for us because we planned on having the bounce house, so I cut back significantly on my decorations. Last minute we decided to move the entire party outside. We ended up borrowing some tents and setting everything up in the garage and driveway as well as the side of the house an

Dear Mackenzie, The day is here! You are officially a 4-year-old! FOUR! I can't believe you are already 4. I say it every year, but I still remember the day we found out that I was pregnant. I remember the moment I saw your face for the first time and how much I loved you immediately. Now, you continue to become more independent... and sassy... as each day goes by. You are getting so very big. Seriously. Big. I do not yet have formal measurements for you because we do not go to the doc for a couple of days but we did our crude measurement and weight for you a couple of days ago. You are roughly 41 inches (79th percentile) and 37.8 pounds (72nd percentile). Take it with a grain of salt because we are typically off a bit. My height is usually slightly higher but I measured you about 6 times and came up with 41 inches to 42.5 inches so I took the lowest. We will see at the doc in a couple of days. I also weighed you at night so you likely don't weigh that much. You lov