Happy Birthday Eileen!

Today my little girl turned 4. I can't believe how much she has grown this last year. This has been a big year for her. With preshcool starting and a new brother joining the family. she has truly grown up before my eyes. We had a birthday party for her Saturday night so her Aunt Sandi and Uncle Jon could be there. It was so funny to watch her open her presents. Most of them were clothes since she was in desperate need of some cool weather clothes, but she was very diplomatic about it, saying how cute each thing was. She even let Anna open some and ooh and aah for her... :) Dan had been gone all day for a bus driver training course and found a surprise when her got home...
Dan had stayed up late the night before to make a special "hot air balloon" cake "just like mommy's" for Eileen because that was the birthday cake she wanted. Unfortunately, she and Anna were unable to wait until after the party to eat some. I caught Eileen chewing some of it, and walked into the kitchen to find Anna's fingers still in it and cake all over her face, hands and the floor. They didn't get any more cake that night....

Eileen's present from Dan and I was a kid tough camera. She opened it first (that was a mistake on our part!) and wanted to play with it the rest of the night instead of opening her other presents! She spent all evening snapping pictures. It was so cute to watch. She got so excited when we showed her that she could put them on her computer!
The first thing she did when we put some on her computer was open them in Paint and color all over them! Here are a couple of pictures she took that night. I think we have a future photographer on our hands! I'm just impressed that she took pictures of what she aimed at!




A few fun facts about Eileen at 4 years old :

1. Eileen love to say "actually..." and then of course she tells us how things really are... :)
2. Eileen loves jokes. Her favorite is "knock knock" - "who's there" - "Elephant!" - "elephant who?" - "ANNA!!!!" None of her jokes make sense, but that's the funny part!
3. Eileen loves to sing. She sings everything, including how her friend Austin is 5 and is going to kindergarten next year"
4. She loves to play computer games and is VERY good at them.
5. She loves to play house and invites Mommy out to visit her at her house.
6. She loves to watch movies (maybe because she only gets to watch stuff once or twice a week) especially "Toy Story" "Bob the Builder" and "Veggie Tales"
7. Her favorite food (the one she requested for her birthday dinner) is Mac and Cheese, in any form.
We love you Eileen!!