she burst into my bedroom this morning dressed in yellow from head to toe.
she shouts "MOM! wake up! it's yo' big day! yo' gonna plant yo' gaw-den!"
later while i was trying to do some exercise
(with a dog in my face and little annie laying on top of me….)
she grabs her leg and winces.
she says so seriously "i hurt my uncle."
we walked to the kids' school with waffle.
he feels free to use every yard as his toilet.
annie very honestly asks me, "why don't dogs have to wipe?"
i was digging in the garden (because it was my big day)
and when i would find worms (she pronounces it like waums)
i would call to annie and she'd come get them from me.
i could hear her talking to them "worm….meet worm. worm…meet worm"
then shouted "MOM! they like each other! my worms are friends!"
and then she had four worms.
and she said "worm…meet worm, worm, worm."
four times in a row.
i wanted to just scoop her up and keep her four years old forever.
instead….she started bawling on the trampoline at 8:10
i took her to bed and i fell asleep in their bed while talby read the bedtime book.
kitchendoor - Four is so great 🙂
kasey - she’s a doll.
and looks like you are having fun with Picnik.
xo
Lisa - IF ONLY 4…
HUGS FROM MAINE
jen R Sanctuary arts at home - It’s an awesome age…
pam - oh my. no doubt about it. she’s adorable.
what was your answer to “why don’t dogs have to wipe?”
Kelly - Just this very morning I was in line at Starbucks with my middle boy when a nice man in front of us asked him how old he was. When he answered that he was four, the man said he also has a 4-year old and we had a great little conversation about how fun 4 is. 🙂
Christina - Good for you, for writing these things down! The pictures=keeping the four-year-old forever, at least in a small way. My oldest daughter and I are constantly telling my youngest (almost 2) to stop growing! She already doesn’t listen, though…
Ashley Ann - The polaroid look is so fun…we have some like that blown up as 12x12s hanging in the living room. I love the 70ish feel you did to them…great processing!
meaghan easterhaus - this is one of my favortie posts you’ve ever written!
anne - what special moments spent together in the garden.
“worm meet worm” … adorable.
Lori Danelle - I can’t wait until my girls start spouting out crazy little kid logic. We’ve already started filling a large glass container with funny things Charlie says, but right now they’re more funny within the context, not funny on their own. . .I’m looking forward to funny on their own! Until then, we’re just celebrating complete sentences!!
http://loridanelle.blogspot.com
gina - Isn’t four the best?!! I have and LOVE the book The memoirs of a four year old by Jamie Lee Curtis.
jerusalem - 4 is precious. absolutely. i have one of those myself and i could just eat him up!
Elisa - Cole speaks that language. It’s a crack-up. I just love the way he pronounces his wauds, I mean words. Sweet little kiddos!
Laura - something about little girls named Annie….
red shoes
worms
fists of flowers
very familiar!
our annies really are adorable. arent they?
maribeth - oh, how sweet! i also love 4 because of the innocence and use of language. i love how they misuse words, mispronounce words, make up their own words, and use big words. i have a 3 and 4 year old currently and i try to document all of these little pieces of joy before they are gone. annie is precious! just precious!
Patti - isn’t 4 just the greatest age?! i love the things that they think of and how they view the world. just the other day, my 4 year old anya said to me, “mommy, can i extersize [exercise] with you? i need to work on my muscle.” (as if she only has one.) have a great week!
Starnes Fam - Life is good. I love when we realize that in these moments.
Heather - I read your blog everyday. I LOVE it! This post is so fun. How did you do that to the photos? I think it is so cool. I have a 5 year old and would love to add that to some of his photos.
Kathy - OMG so is so cute!! But they grow up to be eye rolling, back talking, always online never, never picking up her clothes 15 year olds!! Sorry to burst your bubble!! Ah! but she is so cute really!
Cate O'Malley - Too cute! My six-year-old still mixes up the letters when he says animal… he says it as aMiNal. I smile every time I hear it.
sara's art house - LOVE the pictures. Your blog is always a bright spot in my day! You are one of my top ten blogs 🙂
Keri - What a shame they have to grow up! That is pure sweetness.
a thorn among roses - love the shoes…i heart red shoes…and dandelions too!
Joy Cronauer...Joy at Home - now how did you do that with the photos???? so cute!
adrienneK - ok thats just TOO cute!!!
Jess - oh meg, i am wishing that i would have written down all the cute things my little ones would say. they grow up so fast. i’m off to take a stroll down memory lane…thanks for sharing that sweetness.
The Tulip Lady - And that is why the world goes round…for all the Annies of the world…for their mommy’s and daddy’s….if only we could all keep a little of our “four year old” self forever the world would be a happier place. Thanks for sharing. Love to you and yours…
Joy C. Tilton - Oh this is priceless! Fabulous four, never to be again so enjoy!
joy c. at grannymountain
mom - She is something else! Very heaut-wauming!
Leigh Ann - Precious four year old love!
Enjoy!
erica - she is way too cute! and sweet! what purity and innocence is in our young children. thank you for sharing 🙂
Traci - so cute. love how little ones talk. it’s kind of sad when they master it and their cute little language is no more. love the way you did the photos. picnik?
pve - oh goodness, out of the mouths and bottoms of babes.
my son said (when he was your gals’ wee age)
“Mom, I just burped from my bottom” and if you knew him, some things do not change.
We have a good laugh each day! 🙂
Shana - Yes. The things she has been saying lately completely crack us up. I think big B would put her in his pocket if he could. His little “annie” is so big now. 🙁
Michelle - My baby girl is 4 too. But only for another week and a half. I’ll miss 4.
I love the photos. That one of her feet in the dandelions is stunning. The colors!!
Diane at Kidoozy - Gotta love planting a garden with ‘help’. I have 3 kids and two dogs, and once in a while the kids get a chicken out to help scratch around in the soil.
We’ll be doing that today. Of course I won’t get adorable pictures like you did.
Thanks for sharing.
sandy toe - How cute!
sandy toe
brooke - “i hurt my uncle” best line ever.ever. how sweet!! and yes i know what you mean about wanting to bottle them up right where they are…i am seriously going through this myself with my oldest…i am not ready for her to be seven and a second grader…i didn’t think motherhood would be so full of happy heartbreaks!
Sandy - She’s such a doll! Love the pictures!!
Trish - I have a five year old that can’t say his “r” sound either, and I think it’s so sweet to listen to him talk……we’ve already spent so much money on speech therapy just to get him to this point and now I’d like him to stay this way forever!
Why do they have to grow up?