Ry's B-day & Party

We surprised Ry with a fun balloon and her favorite breakfast, D&D!

Love this picture, she looks so big and sweet!

Leonardo was waiting in her seat to surprise her when we picked her up from school!

Awwww!

Presents!

One of her presents was a little caboodle full of kid friendly make-up, she immediately had to try it out!

Very pretty...

We went to BJ's for her birthday dinner and after her bath she had one more special present from Eli!

A whole bag full of Ninja Turtle stuff!

I couldn't find a TMNT bag anywhere, so I made one.

They were snuggling on her TMNT blanket, but I wasn't quick enough.

Ry's TMNT cake for her party! My amazingly talented friend Amber made this, it was AWESOME to say the least, and very tasty too!

so much detail...

The goody bags

Our TMNT cowgirl!

Poppie & Eli checking out the ponies.

 Maw & Ry

 Eli's first pony ride!

 E-bop and Ry

 Attempted picture of Patton and Eli

 Ice cream sandwiches while waiting to sing Happy Birthday

 Aunt Chrissy and Eli

 

 They had a little bunny that the kids sang a song to, he hoped around the circle and when the song ended you pet the bunny where he stopped.

 Face painting

Ry & Addie

After the party some friends and family came back to the house. I had to get a picture of all their little painted faces! 

 Ry got a trampoline from our friends Mike, Stacy and Cache! The kids enjoyed playing in the empty box...

 I love this! Ry is helping Berk take off her make up.

Thank you to all the friends and family that came out to celebrate our sweet girl! We ALL had so much fun, LOVE you!!!

F-O-U-R!!!!

Rylee,

You are FOUR years old, such a big girl! You are the funniest,sweetest, sassiest and most beautiful girl I know! You are truly a blessing and we are so lucky to have you as our daughter! You are amazingly smart and creative and you constantly amaze me with something new each day! We look forward to another amazing year of watching you grow and learn! Happy Birthday Rylee Boo, we love you!

Love,

Mommy & Daddy

• You are wearing 4/5 shirts/dresses,  size 4 shorts/skirts & size 12 shoe! 
• You are a total SWEETS monster like Mommy, but also love chips and bacon like Daddy.
• You love to be outside playing with the big kids in the cul-de-sac, or riding in your jeep with your brother.
• You LOVE anything art related, a page of stickers can keep you occupied for hours!
• You LOVE animals and are obsessed with dragging every beanie baby we own out and will play with them for hours! I think cats are your favorite, I think you'll be a vet one day!
• You can be a princess one minute, and a super hero the next.
• You are totally CRAZY about Ninja Turtles or "Ninjan Turtles" as you say! It came on one day after one of your shows and now it's all we can watch around here. You favorite is Donatelo, the purple one. Im pretty sure it's only beacause your favorite colors are pink, purple and green and he was the only option in one of your favorite colors. I have found that Michaelangelo, the orange one, is my favorite, he's super silly.
• You also love Spider Man, but he is slowly fading because of your Turtle love.
• I think you are amazingly smart, you pick up things so quickly. You can see or hear something one time and you can repeat it. Examples such as; lines/phrases from Ninja Turtles (or any other show/movie), Grammy wrote the word "Mommy" one time and you could write it, repeating things we say, when we don't even know you're listening...telling me to "calm down" or "ask nicely."
• I think the age of FOUR comes with the question "Why" Omg.... this is driving me crazy! You ask questions ALL.THE.TIME! If I answer a question, you're right back with another, or why? I swear we had a 10 minute discussion on eyebrows, who has them, why, why do you pluck them, why, why WHY....gracious, I know this is how you learn, but HOLY MOLY!
• You start swimming lessons in two weeks and I can't wait! Every time we drive by the pool you ask if we can go swimming, when, why.....
• You are incredibly sweet with Eli 95% of the time. You love to take care of him, play and make him laugh! He's starting to know what buttons to push of yours pretty quickly and I keep telling you to ignore him and he'll stop, but it's very hard for you. I told you one day to just ignore Eli and he would stop. You told me, "Daddy never stops when I ignore him!" touche, that's very true and I think that is where Eli gets it from and Brad gets it from Poppie,  I have seen that guy in action as well ;0)
• You love to have "milk and a show" in our bed! It's your nightly ritual before stories and bedtime.
• You're still doing gymnastics and just started soccer, you're not sure if you like all the running that is involved just yet...
• You still love to snuggle and are known for your great hugs!
• You love to help! Laundry, cooking, cleaning, you name it, you're right there asking if you can help!

Now for another year in pictures...

Happy 4th Birthday Sweet Girl WE LOVE YOU TO PIECES!!!!!