Happy 4th Birthday Aspen!

June 12 was Aspen's birthday - four years! Can you believe it? I know I can't! How does the time go so quickly? How is it possible that my sweet baby Aspen will be in Kindergarten in a year? Ugh. I hate how quickly they grow up. But its so fun at the same time. Its funny how in the first couple years of life kids grow and change every day...and then after that they don't grow quite as quickly physically - but emotionally, socially, intellectually - those areas they just grow in leaps and bounds. Aspen is SUCH a smart and funny little girl. We love her more than words can say. Here is her birthday interview for the BIG 4!

 

1. Height and weight: 41 inches, 36.5 lbs.
2. Favorite Color: "Green and red. And brown, too. Like chocolate"
3. Favorite Food: "Chips and Salsa with nachos. And cake. And peas."
4. Favorite movie: "Beauty and the Beast and Rapunzel." Rapunzel=Tangled
5. Favorite game: "Hungry Hungry Hippo is my favorite!"
6. Favorite book: "The Lion One." (she likes books with mommy and baby animals in them a lot right now)
7. Favorite treat: "Cookies."
8. Favorite toy: "Zoobles and Pet Shop and Horses! (my little pony)"
9. Favorite Activity: "thinking. and playing in mine park that daddy builded for me."

10. Favorite Outfit: "a dress." Really she loves any dresses. She always says she is so beautiful every time she puts one on. :)

 

11. What makes you happy? "ladybugs and movies. and daddy."
12. What makes you sad? "when Mia takes my stuff."
13. Best friend(s): "Mia. Mia is mine best friend EVER!"
14. Your testimony: "Heavenly Father likes peas and Jesus eats peas with me outside. And we can talk to Heavenly Father when we say prayers and we bless the food and we bless that Grandma will feel better."
15. Personality Traits: Sweet, funny, fun, VERY friendly and outgoing (as in will strike up a conversation with anyone, anywhere), talkative, thoughtful, empathetic, helpful, kind, cautious, analytical, loving and very affectionate.
16. Our thoughts about you from the last year: Aspen, you are such a joy and blessing in our lives and our family. You are learning to be responsible and really are setting a good example for your sister and brother, who adore you. You are loving and so affectionate and I LOVE my "big huge giant Aspen hugs!" Daddy loves when he walks in the door and you and Mia and Isaac all run toward him, anxious to share your love and your day with him. You are the best snuggler. We all love Aspen snuggles and you won't nap or go to bed at night without someone to snuggle you. You are very thoughtful and sweet. When we told you grandma was sick, th first thing you said was, "i will give her a hug and read her the hungry caterpillar and sing her 3 songs and then she will feel better." Sweet girl you are. :)

You really love to eat! :) You are a very healthy eater, enjoying fruits and veggies more than most people I know. And on the flip side, you have a HUGE sweet tooth and love cookies, cake, candy...all that stuff. But luckily you, most of the time, fill up on healthy meats, veggies and fruit! :)

You are still very much a daddy's girl, as you always have been. Daddy loves it. He loves hearing you say, "I love you daddy, I love you so much." You love to wrestle on the floor with him and "attack!" You also love to go into town with him and play outside with him. And he takes you for "way fun" bike rides on your big princess bike, where you tell everyone you ride by "look at my princess bike! its so pretty!" You go up to him a lot and tell him "you are the best daddy EVER." You and daddy have always had (since the time you were about 6 months old) a thing where you sit and share a bowl of ice-cream and some chips and salsa (yes, at the same time - you two are nuts! :)

You love LOVE to be outside and getting dirty, helping mommy in the garden or playing dump truck and digging holes in the dirt. You like to help daddy cut the grass (with scissors, mind you. silly girl. :) You love the water and you have always taken to it quickly. You are very cautious in many areas, but the water you have always been comfortable in. You are going to take swimming lessons this summer and you've been practicing in the bathtub. You have great ideas like that! :)

You continue to have amazing language skills and make up the funniest stories. You are SO fun right now to have real conversations with and you ask questions that are pertinent to the conversation. You are so so so fun to just be around and talk to. You have a huge imagination and play really well. You have recently starting to tell Mia how to play with you, "pretend you are a mommy dinosaur and i'll pretend I'm a baby giraffe." etc. You especially enjoy your little Zoobles and you love playing with My Little Pony horses.
You are very social and friendly. You ask people all the time what their name is and then tell them yours. You enjoy playing andhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif playing. You enjoy running and exercising with mommy. You also like to color and draw and enjoy working on your letters. And of course, you enjoy cooking with mommy. You always have and that is super fun for me, too. :)

My sweet Aspen, we love you SO much. You are such a great big sister and Mia and Isaac adore you. Everyone who knows you, loves you. Its impossible not to. Your family loves you, your friends love you, but most importantly, your Heavenly Father loves you and He will always be there for you. Thank you for being our sweet, sweet girl.