is already 4!?!?
It seems this year has flown by the quickest. Tonight we watched Makenna's 1 year, 2 year and 3 year videos and I cannot believe how fast time flies. I am so so so glad I made those videos documenting each year of your life - they were a pain at the time and took forever, but now we can treasure them forever:) I am looking forward to putting together your 4 year video already!
Makenna Lee you are a sweet, polite, kind, bossy, helpful, expressive, chatty little girl. Your vocabulary is amazing and I'm always impressed with not only how many words are in it, but your choice of words in communicating to us. You like to sprinkle in the words "perhaps" and "actually" all the time lately and it cracks me up every time. You are a very smart little girl and I'm looking forward to what this next year will all bring as you start school.
You had your last day of preschool last week
It's crazy how much you grew in just a year and a half!
You were a ladybug this year and your teachers were Mrs. Brush and Mrs. Balke and you really loved them! They did a great job with you and we are really going to miss them. This was your last year at ECCEC, too, and we are sad to be moving on but excited for you to start 4k in the fall!
You know that once you turn 4 you get to ride the school bus. ...... I'm sure you haven't forgotten this and I wonder how long it will take before you ask me when you get to ride it now that you are officially 4!
Your manners are so very good and most times you say please or thank you to someone before I can even remind you to do so. Whenever Daddy or I do something for you, you like to thank us over and over for the same thing to let us know that you are very excited about it and very grateful for it. We are getting ready for your 4th birthday party and I bought a bunch of Frozen puzzles as party favors and let you have one of them to play with. I think you thanked me 10 times that day for letting you have a puzzle.
You are SUCH an expressive little girl. From your faces to the way you talk, you crack me up all day long. The latest thing you say is "Mom, are you kidding me? You must be kidding me!" - it is the tone that you say it in that is so very funny though!
Whenever someone gives you a gift, you remind me that you need to send them a thank you card. This can be a gift recently or something you start playing with that you haven't played with in months, but you remember who you got it from and that you need to thank them for it.
You have an AMAZING memory - we are finding this to be both a blessing and a curse. We took you to Fazoli's a few months ago and you really wanted a toy in your kid's meal. When there wasn't one in there, I tricked you and told you that there were fruit snacks in it instead and tossed a bag of princess fruit snacks in the bag when you weren't looking. Last week, I mentioned going to Fazoli's and you kept telling me you were so excited to get princess fruit snacks again. I had NO idea what you were talking about until it finally dawned on me. There is no pulling a fast one on you!
You still very much love tickle time with Daddy - just last night when daddy was putting you to bed he got out the tickle spider and you giggled so hard and kept asking for more. I love to see the two of you play together. Now that you are older daddy has started taking you to more sporting events with him. He took you to a Bucks game, an Admirals game and a few Brewer games, too. You love spending time with him and get so excited for your special "Daddy-Kenna" nights. Though he tells me that you are often more excited about the idea of a sporting event than actually being there. You just want the candy and ice cream. Lol.
You have made lots of friends with the neighbor kids already this summer and LOVE to peek outside as soon as you hear kids out there. We have been so blessed to find a great neighborhood with lots of kids your age. You love to play with Dom & Zach, Maddie & Ben, Hannah & Ryan and Lucas & Aliyah. Despite your bossiness, you actually play pretty well with all of them.
You love going for Jammie walks again, but I'm pretty sure it is just so you can see what friends are playing outside...
You are getting really good at riding your bike and even made it all the way to the pirate park the other day.
Your life has turned into a musical. You literally sing from the time you get up in the morning until the time you go to bed. You sing actual songs. You make up songs to tell us what you are doing. You play pretend with your figurines and sing through it. You sing our mealtime prayers. You LOVE to sing.
You also still love to play with your figurines in your doll house. Once you get into it, you don't really want to stop to do anything else like get ready to go or eat your lunch. You love to play make believe and I often need to listen to see if you are talking to me when you say mommy or if you are pretending one of your princesses is the mommy.
You can't wait to be a mom when you grow up so you can be in charge. You are going to have 5 kids.... all girls. Good luck with that, honey.
We have been teaching you about saving your money vs. spending it. When there is something you want at a store I will ask you if you have money. When you tell me you do I ask if you want to spend it and buy this or save it for Disney. You always pick save it for Disney. You don't quite yet realize that we aren't going back until you are 6.
You are a very sweet friend and get very concerned when someone is sad or upset. You want to know what is wrong with them and if you can help out.
You are still obsessed with the TV and would watch it all day if we let you. Your daddy and I are convinced that it is what causes most of your melt downs so we really try to limit it. When you are being naughty it is the first thing we take away. You seem to do fine on the days you know it is taken away and you don't even ask for it.
You LOVE to do puzzles and you are really good at them.
You love arts & crafts time and could color and glue and draw all day long.
You love "circle time" with mommy and Alex when we sit on the floor and sing silly songs or read books. We just started doing it, but you ask for it all the time.
You are still a pretty cautious little girl - you aren't very brave when it comes to stuff like jumping on the trampoline with the big kids or swinging really high in the swings (though you will ask me to push you really high when you are in the baby swings - you love to ask for an under duck or as you call it "under dog")
It has been SO fun to see you take on your new role as a big sister this year. You sure love your little brother and are sooo sooo good to him. I love seeing you put a smile on his face and love the way he makes you giggle. I am very much looking forward to a fun summer together!!
Happy 4th birthday, Makenna Lee!! Mama has to go to bed so I can wake up early tomorrow and surprise you with your annual balloons in your bed!! Can't wait!!
We love you!!
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