Waiting for her friends to arrive.
Sarah was ready, too!
Opening the presents.
Kaya, Miruna, Anna, & Isabel
The bead set from Isabel was the party activity. These girls worked in absolute silence.
Singing Happy Birthday (I think Miruna was the only kid who sang along).
The first year Anna has even tried to blow out her candles. It took a lot of effort but she did it!
Anna invited all of the Ladybird girls to her birthday party today. Just three were able to make it (three others were not able to). The girls all got fairy wings and wands to take home for their party favor. My "plan" for the party was to let the kids just run around and play. They were so quiet and apparently needed some direction. Luckily Isabel's gift was a big hit and they worked on making necklaces and bracelets. Then we had a small lunch and the girls started to run around like one would expect four-year-olds to do. By then it was time to go home! Anna had fun and she spoke to her friends (she was actually the most chatty of all of them, believe it or not!) and played and interacted. This was such a big change from last year. I actually even had to pull her aside at one point and ask her to stop being "bossy" with one of the girls! I think she believes that now that she is FOUR she can give up some of the stuff she was being shy about when she was three. I hope so!
