Happy 4th Birthday, Paige!

Dear Paige,

Today you turn 4 years old. You are so excited for your birthday. We’ve been crossing off the days on the princess calendar in your room every night before bed since the beginning of May.

You grew up so much this year and had so many big accomplishments. The first of which was about 2 months after you turned 3 years old when you were potty trained. We spent a weekend working on it and after that you had it mastered!

You seem to easily master just about everything you try. Just a few months after starting preschool this year, you learned how to read. Even your teachers were very proud of how quickly you’ve picked this up. You also learned how to write all your letters and your name.

You became a big sister this year too. It is so apparent how much you love your little sister. And she adores you just the same. I melt every time I see you give her a hug or a kiss, which is very often.

 You look forward to your gymnastics class every Thursday evening and are happy to show off your moves to anyone that asks. We look forward to introducing you to more activities and sports as you get older.

At school, your teachers tell us you’re pretty reserved. Although, you have come a long way since you started preschool. You have lots of friends and know the names of all the kids in your class. You keep pretty quiet at school, but when you come home you explode with song. It’s amazing to us how quickly you learn and memorize the songs from school.

There were so many good times this year, but this was probably also your most difficult year yet with the tantrums. As the year progressed, so did your vocabulary which has helped you a great deal in being able to voice your frustrations. Which in turn has helped us to help you work through them.When you're mad about something you'll often include the words "never ever" as in "I'll never ever be able to stop crying". What I love the most is your active imagination and how you absorb everything going on around you and then use your words to tell us what's on your mind. There isn't a day that goes by where you don't make us laugh.

We have loved watching you grow from a baby into our big girl. Happy Birthday, Princess!