Is it my birthday yet?

Alley has been looking forward to her 4th birthday for a long time and it is now soon upon her. She asks every day how many days away it is. Grandma Erlys made a Christmas tree advent calendar that we haven't taken down yet - so instead it is a count down to Alley's birthday - getting a piece of candy everyday until the Feb 22nd.

We handed out invitations to her classmates today. She talks about Liza, Lauren, Norah, and Zach a lot - so hopefully these characters will come for a little party here - which she wants to include balloons, cake, a pinata w candy and playtime. Sounds pretty standard. We got a little catalogue of various party ware for kids and Alley spent an evening circling all the things she wants at the party. So likely when we actually go to pick out these things she will have princess balloons, a Lightning McQueen cake, and a Curious George pinata - or some combination of that.

The weekend of her birthday we are going to the dinosaur exhibit at the Children's museum. Alley learned about dinosaurs in class this past month and now wants to watch Dinosaur Train on PBS all the time.