Happy 4 1/2

One disadvantage of having a summer birthday is the inability to celebrate at school. Lilly has been talking all year about various cupcakes, cakes, ice cream and treats her preschool friends have brought to class in celebration of their birthdays. And, as you can imagine, Lilly has been planning ahead for her birthday celebration- not realizing she will not be in school in July. So, since her half birthday was 1/1, we decided to celebrate the big 4 1/2 in style at preschool tomorrow. She picked this Rapunzel cake at the local grocery store and cannot wait to share with her class. We even purchased princess plates for the girls in her class and monkey plates for the boys. Lilly said the boys would not want to eat off a princess plate. At first she wanted to buy two cakes- one for the girls, the other for the boys. But, when she saw the Rapunzel option, she changed her mind. 

Happy 4 1/2 Lilly!

Claire was just as excited to bring the cake home from the grocery store...

One funny thing that happened this morning.. while we were at Sam's Club, Lilly asked Rob to lift her into the shopping cart. 

She looked at him and said, "Watch out, there's not much room. Remember, I'm 4 1/2- a big kid now."