Anna turns FOUR!

I can't believe our little girl is FOUR!

Anna is getting so grown up. Just looking at this picture above makes me realize how much she's grown since last year. She is a lot of fun and full of energy! She loves to run around and keep up with her brothers and their friends. She loves to sing and dance around all day and often makes up words. She likes to dress up in her princess dresses and sometimes the boys ninja costumes. She is well versed in lego and medieval battle terms, thanks to her brothers, but she also loves if we have girls over that will play girly things with her. She and Connor often play some kind of "pretend" in the afternoons and I love hearing their imaginations going wild.

Anna also loves Primary and her sunbeam class. She is the only girl, but that is not a problem for her. She is a very good mother to all her siblings and loves to remind them what they are "upposed" to do. :) She is a great helper in the mornings when the boys are at school and is a great little buddy. She will often volunteer to go run an errand with Jeremy or I and we love the company she provides. She is not a very picky eater, but is not really very interested in eating either. She eats well, but I have to remind her to eat enough, because she doesn't really think about it. She's far too busy! Her favorite things to eat are probably quesadillas, sour cream (she would prefer to eat this plain), and "juicy" fried eggs, haha (runny yokes, mmm-mmm). She loves to snuggle (or "snuddle" as she says) and is quite independent for her young age. Anna spices up our family and we are grateful for the pizzazz she brings! 

We started off her birthday morning with German pancakes and then after we took the boys to school, we got to go to our church playgroup. Usually it's at the church, but that day we went to a really fun indoor playground place, which was great for her birthday! That night we had Sesame Noodles for dinner (her request) and a butterfly cupcake cake. She was so excited to open her presents and did a good job waiting patiently until everyone was home!

 Rockin' the new shades...

 A new water "botter"! She was really excited about that. She'd been telling me for months she needed one. She also got a new clock for her room (she doesn't really read it yet, but she will) and a new shirt.

 And a new church dress! Anna loves "spinning" dresses. I found this one at Once Upon a Child for $5.50 that looks like it was maybe worn once, and the best part about it is...I found the EXACT same dress also at Once Upon a Child in Grace's size!!! Matching Easter dresses...perfect.

 Beautiful birthday girl!

 Don't judge. I tried this tye-die frosting technique that didn't work all that well, but the birthday girl loved it and that's all that matters!

And they tasted delish. Gluten free funfetti cupcakes for the win.

Happy Birthday Anna!