Well, my little angle face finally turned 4 yesterday. It was not really how I imagined spending the day with her but it turned out to be a truly perfect day.
As she came down the stairs she was greeted with a big birthday sign and streamers. Brian and I had a very small package for her to open. My sweet sweet girl was so excited to open her gift. The best part was that she was super excited over her new underware! I am not joking. I asked her if she seriously thought this was her gift from her Dad and I! She got this HUGE smile on her face and said with a big grin "no!" We preceeded to take her outside to see her real gift. A trampoline! She was beyond excited - however, didn't want to jump right away because she had just woke up and needed to pee! But after we got that pee out that's where she wanted to spend her time.
Then she got to pick the breakfast of her choice. That breakfast ended up being several things: scrambled eggs, bacon, blueberry pancakes (with fresh blueberries), and OJ! Seems like a ton of food but she ate it and loved every bite!
The sun was shining so she decided she would like to go to the water park that we had her party at. Well, the sun didn't last long and the rain started to trickle down. I felt terrible. The one thing she wanted to do for her real birthday - we couldn't.
But, you see, I think we run around and do so many wonderful things together as a family that sometimes my dear Emma would just prefer to stay home. And that is just what we did! My daughter is truly a home-body, and I tend to forget that sometimes just staying home would be more meaningful to Emma than any big adventure. I am not sure why I think we always have to be out doing family adventures but that tends to be the way I lean! So Emma is truly a home-body and Brian and I (more me) tend to forget that she seriously can have more fun playing here at the house just spending time with us than anything in the world!
Okay - got a little side-tracked. So we stayed at home. She wanted to watch a little tv. I can't really say no because it is her day. Then she was ready to bounce and nothing - not even the rain- was going to stop her. We headed outside and bounced and bounced. We were soaking wet, but that didn't matter. We were laughing and having the best time together. We would come in and dry off play with her new play-doh for a little bit and then head back out. The rain did not stop us from enjoying a fun day together. Together - that is what is most important. It doesn't really matter what we are doing as long as we are doing it together and having a great time!
After nap, we did convince her to go out for dinner. She had been asking for crab legs all week! We went and got her her crab legs! She rushed through her dinner, didn't want dessert, just wanted to get back home to bounce some more! So you better believe it - even though it was rather late we enjoyed some more trampoline time "together!"
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