Alex is 4!

Alex had such a fun 4th birthday! She's been talking about her 4th birthday since her last birthday! We celebrated her birthday at The Little Gym which is one of her most favorite places to go each week. We invited her preschool class and a few other friends. Usually when we have birthday parties there are several people who can't make it. Well not this year! We ended up with 16 of her little friends, so it was a bit wild! The Little Gym staff did pretty much everything which was great for me! We just brought goodie bags and cupcakes. All three of our kids' birthdays are within 5 weeks of eachother, so it's a bit crazy!

Brock made the cupcakes, and they turned out great. It's become a tradition for him to make their cake/cupcakes each year. I'm glad, because I don't think I'd do nearly as good of a job.

We topped off her birthday celebration with dinner at American Dream, which is her favorite (and ours too).

Jasmine and Preston came down on Friday and spent the weekend with us which was fun! The girls just love it when aunt Jazzy comes to visit!

Alex is getting so grown up and independent. She's up to all sorts of fun things these days:

• going to preschool three mornings a week
• changes her clothes multiple times a day
• well known for her creative and eccentric clothing and accessory combinations!
• learning to play the piano
• loves to help in the kitchen (even makes her own sandwhich at lunch time)
• loves to dress up and wishes I would dress more fancy too. She requested I wear a longsleeve shirt with a dress over it for her party:) I compromised with a longsleeve shirt and jeans!
• not quite as eager to help around the house as her older sister! Her typical answer when I ask her to do something is: "I can't"
• very curious
• loves to do things just a little different than the "norm"