Happy Birthday, Devyn!

Wow. I still can't believe it. My oldest baby is no longer a baby - or a toddler. She is officially a little girl. Last weekend Devyn turned 4 and I am still amazed at how grown up she is getting. Today she was practicing her writing skills (she has learned her alphabet and can write her name) when she said to me:

"Mommy, I am going to write the word cat."

Me: "Okay, do you need me to spell it out for you?"

Devyn: "No mommy, you spelled it out for me last week and I still remember how to spell it."

Like I said...she is growing up on us.

We celebrated her actual birthday with a special dinner at Boll Weevil. Not exactly the restaurant/dinner that Jeff and I would have selected but it was what she wanted. We tried to see if she would change her mind by asking her all week where she wanted to have her special birthday dinner. She finally got exasperated with us and told us not to ask her anymore. She wanted to eat at Boll Weevil and that was that.

The following day we had her Birthday party at JW Tumbles. It was our annual combined B-Day party with Sean and Noah. As usual it was a lot of fun. Devyn played and played and played. Overall I think she had a great Birthday weekend. Below are some pictures from the weekend.

Difference between boys and girls

The other day I was taking Devyn and a boy-friend of hers to soccer practice. As I listened to their conversation I was amazed at how the difference between boys and girls is so evident even at the young age of 3. Here is how the conversation went:

Eric: "What you for Halloween?"

Devyn: "I wanted to be Princess Fiona because she gets married to Shrek. But I couldn't be Princess Fiona because the dress was too big. So I am going to be an Angel instead."

After a long, pregnant pause Eric says: "Oh"

But it wasn't just any "Oh" - you could hear from his tone that he was thinking - Why do you want to be an angel? and why did it take so long for you to tell me you were going to be an angel?

Then Devyn inquired: "What are you going to be for Halloween?"

Eric shouted: "Batman!" followed by some strange guttural grunting noises.

After a short pause Devyn asked: "Who is Batman?"

So there you have it...the difference between boys and girls at the tender age of 3.

Below are a few pictures of Devyn as an Angel. Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of Taylor in a Halloween costume. I bought her a cute Dragon costume but it was way too hot outside for her to wear it for any length of time. And since I am becoming like my dad in my old age (cheap, cheap, cheap) I decided to take the costume back instead of putting her in it for a few cute pictures. So I have a pumpkin picture of her instead.