Talia turns 4

Talia turned 4 on April 20--it is hard to believe that my baby girl is 4. While I am happy to have the "terrible three's" (3 is MUCH more terrible than 2) behind us, I am finding it hard to believe how much more independent, intelligent and considerate she truly is. Talia is able to do most everything for herself and by herself. She can get dressed, brush her teeth, get herself food and water, play and do many other things all by herself. She enjoys taking her Princess Ballet class, gymnastics and swimming. She is starting to sound out words and really has begun reading. She also loves to write out all of her friends names, the grocery list and just spell random words--and she is a pretty good speller. She is getting really good at addition math facts and can tell you what numbers add up to be...and pretty quickly. She is in tune with her body, as when she draws pics of people, she adds their "privacies"--a line for males and squiggles/curls for girls. It is pretty funny! I'll have to take a pic of her picture next time she does this. She is such a great sister--she is helpful, loving, and so sweet (most of the time) to Gigi. It has been great to watch them really start to play and interact together. She loves computer games, like Pajama Sam, reading books, listening to music, all things princesses (still), and her favorite TV shows these days are Fresh Beat Band, I Carly (which she watches at Annie-our sitter's house) and Olivia or Angelina Ballerina.

We had her 4th b-day party on Sunday, April 18 at Chuck E Cheese. It was really a great place to have a party. Everyone seemed to have a great time. Here are a few pics.

and we here are back at home opening presents...

On Monday, April 19, Annie took Talia and Sarah back to Girlfriends in Winnetka for a mani-pedi. Talia has been to this place once before, and it is great! (it is a beauty salon specializing in kid mani/pedi's). Very fun!

Here is Talia getting her super cute strawberry on her toe nails pedi.

Giana can't wait to get a pedi too! Just a few more years....

Drying off the mani...

so happy back at home...

I also was able to leave my class for about 15 mins to celebrate her actual b-day with her in her classroom on April 20. We picked out very special flower cupcakes from Jewel and all the kids happily sang to her in her classroom. She was very excited!

Happy 4th Birthday, my sweet Talia.