Happy 4th Birthday Evie Dorothy!

What a week!  After an amazing Great Strides celebration last weekend, we celebrated Evie's 4th birthday on May 21st.  We had a playdate, tie-dyed shirts with Owen at school, opened some gifts (she loved her new pet shop toys and her very own gumball machine).  Evie was an easy, easy baby who smiled non-stop, a true gentle little one.  Slowly she is turning into an independent, self-confident, amazing little girl with a passion for everything athletic.  She'll sit down and play a game with you but would much rather play tag, run with dad or ride her two-wheeler, which she taught herself how to do last fall because she was tired of waiting for me to get outside.  She never ceases to amaze us, has a way of figuring things out if she doesn't know how to do something and doesn't like to wait for anyone when she knows what she wants.   She loves to be outside and ended her fourth birthday with a 1/2 mile run with dad (while sporting her new running shorts)!

Evie has been taking Taekwondo since December 2011 and tested during this busy week for her yellow belt.  Owen started in February 2011 and tested for his green headband.  You can tell the exhaustion from a busy week setting in for Evie in the middle picture.

Evie testing for her yellow belt

Owen sparring for his green headband

New ranks

Evie's last day of preschool came and she sang with her class during the end of the year program.  A great ending to an amazing year of growth and amazement for Evie.  One of the cool things about this class is that Cali, Owen and Evie all got to go through it with the same teacher.  One of the most patient teachers I have ever known that Evie has learned so much from.  She felt comfortable enough with them this year to tell her that one of her nicknames for dad is gorilla!

Evie in Mrs. Floyd's Early Learning Class

To end school and kick-off summer the preschool hosted a end of the year ice-cream social for the whole family...good times...yummy ice cream!

Evie & her friend Riley

 

Dean & OJ


 

Cali & Hannah

We started the weekend with a family party to celebrate the big day, complete with a bag of goodies from creative toy mart, a new wardrobe, her very first "bikini" (which is really a tankini but she doesn't realize that...yet), a fun sprinkler and a bear bigger than her!  She didn't mind that Dean got right into her cake!



Happy 4th Evie!

We ended the weekend with a little memorial day celebrating with some great friends (of course the kids outnumber the adults).  The kids take a while to warm up to each other but after a few hours, they're all playing like best friends.  Since the 90 degree heat was too much for the little ones in the jumpy, the dads set the jumpy up inside! 

Happy Birthday week little sweet cheese!

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