Laney is 4!

Ok. Pretend this post isn't 2 months late.

We celebrated Laney Lou turning FOUR YEARS OLD with a small get-together at the pedicure salon and then walked next door to get some frozen yogurt. I think all the girls had a blast! I know Laney did. It's always such a busy time of year. We call it "fall frenzy." School starts, gymnastics starts, ballet starts, we do family pictures, Laney's birthday happens, Halloween happens, and then it's on to the big holidays. I'm going to have to get better at planning her parties earlier on. I'm just glad we got this on the books this year.

Just like last year, Laney completed a birthday questionnaire. Here are her answers at 4-years-old:

1. What is your favorite color? pink & purple (that answer has been a main stay)

2. What is your favorite toy? my unicorn beanie baby

3. What is your favorite fruit? apples

4. What is your favorite TV show? Dora the Explorer

5. What is your favorite thing to eat at lunch? macaroni-n-cheese

6. What is your favorite outfit? a turtle neck (Really?? I'm sure Dad will remind you of this in years to come.)

7. What is your favorite game? ring around the rosie

8. What is your favorite snack? chips

9. What is your favorite animal? an elephant

10. What is your favorite song? "my song" (Peng! 33 by Iron & Wine...another solid answer)

11. What is your favorite book? The Little Mermaid

12. Who is your best friend? Kiley & Gage

13. What is your favorite cereal? Fruit Loops

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? jump on the trampoline

15. What is your favorite drink? apple juice

16. What is your favorite holiday? Easter

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? "my duck, night night baby & all sorts of things"

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? cereal

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? cake

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? a police woman

Playin' Catch Up

Tap tap tap. Is this thing on? Hello? I'll just be honest with you. The perfectionist in me cringes every time I think about this ole blog and urges me to go ahead and delete the whole darn thing. The mommy in me, on the other hand, thinks, "Hey, at least you've got some stuff on there." I'm gonna go with the mommy Melanie.

So, since it's been a few centuries since I've written, here's some catch up on the rest of our summer and fall of 2013:

We wore a lotta matching outfits.

 We got to be a flower girl again and ride down the isle in a precious pink car.
That's right. A car.

 We figured out that ball caps are the coolest things ever.

We wore speedos all summer because we're too young to know we should refuse.

We laughed at our brothers. A lot.

We started our second year of preschool with Mrs. Neves as our teacher.

We dressed up as Cinderella and her mice for Halloween. Parker was Gus Gus.

 We had our first snow day and played outside for a fifth of the time it took us
to get bundled up to go outside. Totally worth it.

Ok. Now we're almost all caught up. And just in time for 2014!