Ashtyn is 4!

The time keeps flying faster and faster and all the sudden, I have a darling four year old! Ashtyn is such a beautiful, kind, caring girl who is always thinking of others and is friends with everyone. We're so grateful to have her as a part of our family.

Fourth birthday: October 17, 2018

Favorite food: Cheese pizza, meatloaf, purple cabbage, chicken nuggets with honey mustard sauce, green apples.

Favorite toys/games: Boxes that she makes into fairy houses, blocks (she is constantly building all sorts of towers, houses, and animals), and her new tea set. She loves to play hide-and-go-seek, blindman blindman, Candyland, and tag.

Favorite things to say:
"Oh Rylee, it's okay, I'm your big sister."
Would you rather questions at bedtime.
"But, Mom!"
"Everyone in the world is my friend!" 

Favorite things to do: Make fairy houses out of cardboard boxes, draw pictures to hang up in her room, draw on papers and staple them together to make books, make Parker laugh, hold or kiss or talk to Rylee, play outside (especially at Grandma's with Elizabeth), clean the bathroom for a quarter to buy dog bone candy at Smith's.

Favorite People: Claire and Elizabeth (cousins), Ashley from across the street, Chris (still her favorite friend, even though he moved back to Blanding), Makenzie (Ben's cousin), and Hannah and Caleb (our two most common babysitters :)).

Learned this year: Writing the rest of the alphabet, started reading chapter books with me, improved fine motor skills , and has started learning blended sounds with letters.

Favorite books: Piggie and Elephant books, Pigeon books (both by Mo Willems), Mouse Soup, honestly she loves most books. She's recently started reading books like Little House on the Prairie and The Magic Treehouse with me and is also really into silly books right now.

Favorite shows: Tinkerbell movies, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Martha Speaks, Scooby Doo, and Mazi en Gondolando (an Esperanto cartoon on YouTube).