Four.One Years

 4.1

• Your birthday was a lot of fun. We invited over 9 of your friends for a Mira Royal Detective party. It is one of your favorite shows on Disney Junior right now. I can not make a cake to save my life, so I had you decorate it to make it special. You swirl pink and blue icing all over the top and then dumped the whole bottle of gold sprinkles on top. We stuck a picture of Mira on top and called it a master piece. When your friends got here, we decorated mini detective journals with more stickers than you could ever use. We solved the case of the missing bowl fo chocolate (we got it eat it once we found it!). We played pin the badge on Mira, hit the balloon with a pool noodle into the basket, and this fun hop scotch Indian game. We finished with lunch of hot dogs, Mac-n-cheese, apples, and carrots-your favorite, though not very Indian. It was exactly what you wanted.
• For your birthday, Dad and I got you a new ice cream maker play dough set and a drawing LED tablet for the car and church. Maggie got you a Polly Pocket castle. Sam gave you Frozen art supplies. Grandma and Papa Price got you a cute purse and Grandma and Papa Matthews got you a camera. 
• You were spoiled in the fact that you got to be part of the other kids parties. Sam had a surf gun party. One of the games involved me shooting the gun at them. You wanted to be included, but after the first one shot you, you started to cry. At Maggie's party, you loved drinking the butter beer and watching with the big girls the experiments outside. 
• A highlight of this month was that Grandma and Papa Price got to come out for a weekend. You love them so much. Grandma played board games with you and did lots of crafts. You made sure that Grandma stuck you in each night. 
• Probably the best thing of the month was going to Florida!!! It was awesome. We stayed right on the beach. The first half of the week, we were in Pensacola Beach and the weather was great. We met up with our friends a lot, who have a boy your age. You guys hit it off right away. One day, we spent the whole day on the beach. It was fun to swim with you, bury you in the sand, and build sand castle. We also went to the zoo where we fed the birds, goats, and giraffe. I think we hung out at the hot tub at least once, if not twice a day. The second half of the week, we were in Destin. The favorite activity there for you kids were racing the go karts. After watching All Around Champion, you guys thought it was awesome to drive the cars. We also rented a boat and rode around the bay. It was a colder day, but we still managed to jump off the side and see jelly fishes. We also saw dolphins! We ate a ton of seafood- surprisingly, you really liked all of it, though the last day, you just wanted a hot dog. Even weeks later, you are still talking about the trip.