The Big 0-4!

So not too long ago I turned 4, don't cha know. It was a very busy week for me! Grandma and Grandpa were here and I had 2 parties!

My actual Birthday was on Tuesday, so Mumma took me on a special date to go see Heather- Mumma's friend who cuts her hair. Since I was FOUR that day, I was a big enough girl to get my hair cut too!

It's a very fancy place and you have to wait with a bunch of magazines in these big chairs before they'll cut your hair.



I was very excited and sat very still for Heather, I mean, why wouldn't I?



She's awesome. She even gave me a beautiful birthday balloon and then braided my new doo.



After we left the salon, we went to Nana and Papa's for my Birthday dinner (noodles, of course) and cake and presents! Jeff and Tammy and Olivia came all the way from Bar Harbor just for me!



I got this FABULOUS fishing pole from Daddy-



I've been practicing my casting down the hall, in my room, over the railing...

Mum and Dad also got me this wicked cool horse for outside. No more baby swing for me!



On Saturday I had my friends over for my Unicorn theme party! We had a pinata



and cake



and presents and everything!



I wish everyday was my birthday.

xoxo
Ayda

A Good Dose of Culture

Lately Mumma and I have been taking in the cultural scene, that is, the art of ballet.
It's very fun and I get to get dressed up pretty when we go. See?



So far we've been to two shows! The first one was about Sleeping Beauty's Wedding. My friend Reilly was in it- she was the Fairy Godmother. Isn't she pretty?!



I also got to meet Miss. Kitty. She was very nice, but in the show she was VERY mischievous!



Then on Saturday, Mumma, Nana, and I went to see a ballet about Peter Pan! It was so awesome. Reilly was in it again and she brought me around to meet her friends

Peter Pan



Wendy



and Hook, who is really my old dance teacher Miss. Rachel.



I'm getting pretty good at being a good audience member! Sometimes Mumma gets sad though, because I always wanna go sit with Tammy my daycare lady. I told Mumma that I wanted to go live with her! She's so much fun.

By the way, did you notice I curled my hair?


I'm SUCH a big girl now.

xoxo Ayda

Ol' Eagle Eye

**As told by Mumma**

I've often wished that I could be a fly on the wall at Ayda's daycare. She comes up with such fabulous songs and stories and is always telling me 'facts' about her friends or embarrassing stories Tammy or Twila (the ladies who run daycare) have shared with her that day. Problem is, I never know what's true versus what her version of 'true' might be. Often she's not far off, it's just the details that slip her mind sometimes. Needless to say I was delighted to get this story from Tammy this morning:

Ayda and her friends have been watching a family of eagles via satellite for the past couple weeks. The nest has had eggs in it and they were watching to see them hatch. Everyday the kids would ask about the sole adult eagle watching over the eggs, "Is that the Mumma, or the Daddy?" and Tammy, not being an eagle expert, would shrug and tell them it was probably the Mumma.

One day they tuned into the nest and low and behold, 2 adult eagles were there to greet them. "The Daddy is there!" someone said, which for some reason got the response, "I think that that is a Grandpa eagle." Ayda puffed right up, put her hands on her hips, and said, "Do you see any glasses on that eagle?" And indeed, the other kids saw no glasses. "It can't be a Grandpa without glasses!" Apparently no one argued with her.

Later that day Twila was reading a story to the kids that had some animal characters in it, and wouldn't you know, one of them had glasses. Ayda got very excited- "SEE?! Now that's a Grandpa!"



-jbs

Flower Girl

Did you know that I am going to be a flower girl in Mimi and Shane's wedding? Well I am. And so is Shane's niece, Rianna. Mimi and I had a date on Friday night and we went to look a dresses. I picked out this one...but Mimi wasn't too keen on the sequins....

I tried on another one that she had picked out, but it was soooooo boring. Everyone told me how cute I was but I told Mimi that I felt ugly.

So the next day, Mimi and I went back to the store with Mama and Nana in tow. They picked out this dress....


But I still liked the other one! No one was listening to me! I thought it was terribly unfair but Mama did have a good point....we needed to find a dress in both MY size AND Rianna's size....and the one with the pearls fit the bill. The hat? Not so much. It was just for trying on.

I felt bad that I pitched a fit in front of Mimi -- it is her wedding after all. I said to Mama when we got back in the car "I'm sorry I said those rude things about that dress. I'll wear it." Then I apologized to Mimi too. I am a big girl after all. And when I tried the dress on for Papa he told me I looked like a princess...which is what I'm going for so I was pretty happy.

This is NO 'April Fools'!

Hooray, hooray! While Mother Nature was playing a sneaky trick on us on Friday (we got 12-15" of SNOW)Mumma, Daddy, and I set up my new BIG GIRL BED! It looks just like a princess bed, doesn't it?!



It even fits more than one person.



I even got to pick out my own sheets! I made sure that the colors went just right with the awesome quilt Mimi made me. It's so bright and cheery, there's no way I'm gonna wake up on the wrong-side-of-the-bed now.
And the best news is, I haven't even fallen out in my sleep yet!

A.S.E.S

Little Traps

I am so wicked smart. Can't you just tell from this photo?



In case you can't, let me tell you why I'm so smart. It's because last night Daddy and I made a Leprechaun trap, and I was a HUGE helper in the design.



Daddy found this green bottle (Leprechauns LOVE green, ya know) and we doctored it up to make a trappy thing. Then I went around the house to look for gold and sparkly things... you know, to lure him in! I rigged this Snow White earring up all by myself.




After a few more sparkles, some stickers, and a handmade ladder to help the little fella to his doom- this is what we ended up with!



Now we just have to cross our fingers that a Leprechaun happens this way (at Daycare) and falls for my little trap!

Bwa ha ha ha ha!



Happy Trapping!

Ayda

L.L. Bean = Best place for a cold day.

On Tuesday we all played hookie and met up at L.L. Bean. Momma and Mimi were on their way back from Portland, and Daddy and I met them in Freeport! Our first stop was at L.L. Bean. It was MAGICAL!

They had this great fish tank...




... that you could get inside!



You could even have a friend in there with you. Neat, huh?



They also had these great big chalkboards with sidewalk chalk to make pictures with.



I drew a chicky... with curly hair.



On our way out, we climbed this great rock walk way. I ran over it so many times that I had to sit down and take a rest!



L.L. Bean is awesome.

xoxo Ayda Sue