Friday, April 17, 2009

someone turned 4 today






ahhh...my first born is 4 years old.

it was a mellow day, filled with little surprises. a big sign from daddy "happy birthday ruby 4", a present here, a chocolate there. and then the making of the cake. she requested a daisy shaped cake for the occasion, and helped make it.

neighbor friends came over to play, and then we all gathered on the front lawn for cake and milk and presents. it was all very sweet. she got her first bike, but by the time she tried it out, she was so tired and filled with sugar, that it wasn't a very pleasant experience. still, she seemed truly happy to have a "big girl bike".

i don't know how parents do it, and have been doing it for ever. letting go is much much harder than i imagined it could be. my little tiny dark haired baby is now a four year old girl, with beautiful brown hair, and long colt-like legs, and a vocabulary that blows me out of the water daily.

yesterday, we were playing outside and she came up to me and said "mommy, today is the last day i am three". so true. so very very true.