We celebrated Caroline's fourth birthday yesterday. This is the first year that she really understood that her birthday was coming. I knew this because everyone she interacted with in the past five days has been greeted with, "My birthday is in ___ days!"
You have to love a four year old's simple requests. Her birthday dinner: pancakes and eggs. Her "party" will be a playdate tomorrow with a friend from school that will include cupcakes. She still has presents to open, and she has totally forgotten about them. She was just excited to have her day and bring muffins to her friends at school to celebrate.
One of the funniest parts of the day was seeing Lucy's interaction with Caroline. What was expected was Lucy's initial reaction to be jealous of the attention that Caroline was getting, but her genuine excitement for Caroline was incredibly sweet. She made Caroline two homemade presents while at school (a picture and a mask that Caroline wore the entire drive home) and helped Caroline to put together a few of her presents.
It's hard to believe that four years have passed since this moment:
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And now to fast forward four years and see this little person:
Happy birthday, Sweet Caroline. It's hard to describe you at this moment: you are crazy and happy and full of life. But most of all, Caroline, you have a kind heart. That is what I love most about you.
