Four.Seven Years

 4.7 Years

• Soccer season is in full swing. Although you were still too young to play this year you love having four days a week where you can go run around with friends. I really have no idea where you go, but you love it. Mabel Schwartz seem to be a favorite friend right now, though I still find you with Lainey and Annie. 
• Sister Lutz from the ward invited us to come by her house to jump on her carnival jumping ride before packing it up for the season. It has a trampoline and the bungee straps that make you fly into the air. You got to go on it twice. You loved it. She even made ice cream sandwiches beforehand to share with you kids.
• You have been begging for a late night with your friends for a long time. We finally found a night where we could do it. We had the Lainey, Gus, Annie, and Cecily over. You kids played outside for a long time. We then had an ice cream bar for you to chose which toppings you want (all of the toppings of course!). We finished with watching the movie Peter Pan since you had never watched it before. You loved having your moment.
• Dance has started. We put you into beginners ballet again with your friend Cecily. I love how we swap playing at each other's house afterwards. Even though you are doing preschool three days a week, you are constantly asking for friends to come over. This helps give you unstructured friend time each week. 
• While Maggie and I got to go to California for the weekend, Dad got to spend the weekend with you guys. He had all these fun plans for you guys, but then one of his patients went into labor. There was a lot of back and forth to the hospital He took you guys out for breakfast to try to still make it special. For the actually delivery, you got to go back to the Stones. On Sunday, he was able to sneak you guys off to Winchester for a fishing trip since the weather was really nice. I love hearing all the funny names that you give the fish that you catch and eat. 
• Once a month, I get to go help out in your preschool class. It was your turn to be leader for the day. You loved showing me all the fun things you play, walking to the playground for a recess, and bringing in energy balls and bananas for snacks. JoJo even got to go and play with you.
• We were able to make it to Utah for a week. It was a good mix of Grandma time and cousin time. We went hiking in the mountains to see the pretty colors, raked leaves and painted pumpkins, visited cousins, shopped, went through a haunted maze, and tailed gate the BYU game (your to to g back with Grandma while Dad and I stayed). It was a great trip.