Mia's Birthday

 My Mia is now 4!  I cannot believe how big she is. She is so inquisitive; always asking questions that are far beyond her years. When we read The Giving Tree, she asks why kids take so much and how could the tree be happy when the boy doesn't thank her? She is such a caring kid. The other day she stopped during our walk to go and upright a neighbor's fallen potted a palm tree. It was a small tree, but for a 4 year old to try to upright a ceramic pot and tree, it was not small feat. She is happy with the simple things and doesn't ask for much. When people asked what she wanted for her bday, my list was very small: Anna and Elsa dolls.  I didn't know how to make that stretch to all of our family members, so she now has dolls in all sizes.  The night of her bday, I let her stay up a bit late and she and Makaela bunkered down to sleep in bed with me that night.  At one point, she put her arm under my head and said, "This is what love looks like and I love LOVE." Melt my heart!  She has also started going to children's mass at church and I often hear her singing hymns and gospel music, and I can tell she has been absorbing some of the preachings because she came to me very concerned one day.  She said she knew heaven was going to be lovely, but she doesn't want to go to heaven because she never wants to leave me.  Matt and I are so blessed to have a child like her.

All Annas and Elsas

Our friend Jenn took Mia out for a girls' afternoon with her daughter (and Mia's friend) Ava. The girls bought princess wigs, jewelry, hair clips and had a great afternoon shopping.  Mia loved the attention.