And then she was FOUR!

Happy Birthday Petra!

I can't believe she's already four years old!!

Petra had a great party at home with dozens of friends yesterday, then today she went to Disneyland with her friend Jenna. The girls had a great time, with no meltdowns until just after we walked out the exit gate. We were all just stunned that they didn't fall asleep in the van on the way home (au contraire! They had dinner together and played for an hour before we could drag them apart and get Petra to bed).

Next year, we're outsourcing the birthday thing! The party went super smoothly, but the cleanup before hand was not fun. I miss Felicia, who used to come and clean once a week for us!

Ephemera, part 2

While picking up a cup of water following her first fun run "Phew! I'm evaporating!"

While riding the pony at the Farmer's Market, in between "Giddyup Pony" and "Yahoo!": "You know how you say Pony in French? Pona!"

Friday morning she woke up asking to see the pictures of the LCROSS satellite crashing into the moon. She was a little disappointed that the Hubble space telescope was not pointed at the moon to observe the impact. She also felt a little sad for Luna getting whacked, and had me sing a "poor poor Luna" song for her.

Ephemera

Mind like a steel trap: In March when we were in Mexico, Petra noticed (but never had) the mini boxes of cereal at breakfast. One of those happened to be Froot Loops. Just a couple of weeks ago, at the grocery store, Petra saw Froot Loops on the shelf. "Look!" she said, "It's the cereal from Mexico!" That girl does not miss a thing!

At school, they have reading stations, where they read a book while a CD plays telling the story. There is a "ding" every time the page should be turned. While Petra was in Mama's lap for books before bed, she had a whistle, and tweeted it each time Mama finished reading a page.

And on the rack at some store, "Look! It's Barack Obama!" Yes, it was an Obama action figure. Reader, or very good likeness for an action figure. You decide! Petra still claims she cannot read, but you tell me how "Rental Car Center" comes out of her mouth without her reading it on the shuttle bus signage!