4 Year Old Addison

   Oh my goodness. I know I said this last year, but what is going on???? How did my little girl all of a sudden become four. I had just wrapped my mind around the idea that my little girl was three and then she had to have another birthday on me. Now it will take me another year to remember that she is now four. These kids are making me OLD!!!! 
    Anyway, this year for my big four year old birthday she decided that she loves Minnie Mouse still and wanted another Minnie Mouse birthday and I think she had a cool Minnie Mouse party. Of course, we started by deciding on her birthday cake, which became mini bite size Minnie Mouse cupcakes. Then we invited the family over for the birthday and due to schedules we had to celebrate it the day before her birthday, on Sunday. We also decided to have everyone over for dinner and our tradition is to let the birthday child pick their favorite dinner, which for Addison was pancakes. So we had a breakfast dinner birthday. 
    Saturday, Addison and I did a lot of baking. We baked her cupcakes, then while those were cooling, Mommy needed to make Snickerdoodles for her Sharing time lesson for Sunday. Then we made the frosting and decorated the cupcakes. That doesn't sound like a lot in a short list like that but we started making cupcakes after lunch around 12:30 and we didn't finish decorating the cupcakes until close to five. Then Mommy had to go right to making dinner, and being the crazy person she is decided to try a new recipe that same night for dinner. By the time we got everything baked, feed, and cleaned it was about between 6:30 and 7. This Mommy was exhausted but still had to finish preparing sharing time lesson, get kids to bed eventually and make sure she had things ready for birthday tomorrow. 

     Sunday, the kids, Addison, was on pins and needles. She was the one pushing us out the door for church, then from church to home and then wondering when everyone was going to come. Mommy thought it was a great birthday but felt also felt worn out in the end. This is how the birthday Sunday went. Mommy and the kids went to church, while Daddy stayed home to get caught up on school assignments so he could participate in the birthday later that night. Mommy taught sharing time, with Ethan in CTR 6 and Addison in Sunbeams. Addison, today, surprisingly was having a hard time and was laying on the ground through all of singing time. Mommy doesn't know what she did during sharing time since I was teaching it but thank goodness she went to class fine. Then after teaching sharing time to senior primary, Mommy walked fast to pick up the kids from their classes then ran back to primary to get her things before the next ward came in. Then we went home. The kids were awesome to let Mommy lay down for twenty minutes while they watched a movie. Then Mommy started the process of trying, TRYING to make Minnie Mouse shaped pancakes, french toast and bacon. Thank goodness, Grammy, told me to cook the bacon in the oven or I would have probably burnt everything. I was very grateful that Matthew took it upon himself to cook us his really good eggs with all the yummy toppings of peppers, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Yes, Matthew is an excellent cook. Unfortunately, while cutting tomatoes he also cut his finger deep and had to take a break for a minute to be bandaged up. He was fine in the moment but later in the evening he was having a hard time and it made him sick for the next couple of day. He has a weak stomach, so I knew it wasn't going to to be good. 
   Anyway, Matthew still did a fantastic job on the eggs, so breakfast dinner was a success for everyone. Then when everyone got their fill we sang Happy Birthday to Addison, blew out candles and enjoyed bite sized Minnie Mouse cupcakes with birthday or chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. 

    Then we got to the part every kid can't wait to get to . THE PRESENTS!!! And no wonder she was excited because she got really great gifts. From Daddy and Mommy she got Minnie Mouse Fairy Clip On Dress Up toy. Grammy and Pappi got her an easel with all the art supplies to go with it: paint, paper, dry erase markers, erasers, butter fly wings, and wand and more. Uncle Michael's family got her a new Minnie Mouse head band with changeable bows that she is now wearing every day. Grammy Great sent her a Minnie Mouse birthday card and money. Great Grandpa Ashcraft also sent a card with money and Grandpa and Grandma Brooks sent money and a card. So not only did she get lots of wonderful gifts but she is also very rich. She is very bright though and told me that she is going to use her money to buy more paints and paper when she runs out. Which will only take her a couple of days since she loves to paint. According to Addison, this was another BEST BIRTHDAY EVER.