Finally, finally right? These are the photos I got of the girls on the birthday. As you can see they wore special crowns and new outfits provided by their Aunt Heather! They are also holding their birthday dolls given to them from their grandpa and grandma. They really really really like them.
Yes, Emma is that much taller than Lucie. She just keeps shooting up and up. Lucie is average height for a 4 year old and Emma is in the higher percentile. They stood back to back all on their own as if I had asked there is no way they would have done it for me! They were also barefooted in the photo.
Overall,
albeit a simple birthday they had enough fun to ask for another birthday the next day. I had to inform them it would be one full year before cake and candles would come again. This was received with copious quantities of attitudes and "oh, man!" exclamations!!
In the effort to not only put photos of my girls up but also my darling son I found this one and think it is a good representation of Oscar. He is growing up ever so quickly and I find those moments when I pause and think, take this in...he will only be small for awhile. I am the mom who on a rare occasion that it was just he and I at the store will lift him out of the cart and carry him to the car, simply because he is getting bigger and heavier and I know I won't be able to carry him forever. So, I try to find solace in the moments when I see the beautiful baby he was changing into the fantastic boy he is.
