Happy 4th birthday, Maya!

Maya is such a big girl!  She's learning to read, can do simple addition, and is quite the social butterfly. I don't have a lot of time to write this, so it's going to be really short, but I wanted something here - with photos - to mark the occasion :)

Maya's favorite things (as she identified them while I wrote this):

- watching trailers on youtube
- her friends Iris and Jamie
- all pets
- play dress up at school
- fav food: PB&J
- fav color: pink and yellow and purple
- fav holiday: Halloween and Christmas
- fav bird: meadowlark

Things Maya doesn't like:

- being bored
- talking to people she doesn't know (sometimes, like the doctor when she asks if Maya knows her last name even though we PRACTICED so that she would feel comfortable ::eye roll emoticon::)
- Annika slobbering on her toys
- least favorite food: things that are spicy, squash ravioli
- least fav bird: house sparrow (good girl :))



At her school party, December 19th!

Fancy Christmas dress :)


At her party at the in laws, showing off loot

Christmas + birthday = overload

Grandma got her a new big girl backpack!

Maya loves her sister :)

Husband brought back awesome alpaca gear from Peru!

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