hazel's fourth birthday

hazel turned four today!

we started the day by letting her wake up to her new kitchen set up

and opening her other presents

notice that noah is just as excited about her pink legos as she is

 then we had breakfast and watched her new movie 

from grandma and grandpa olson

sleeping beauty

and got all dressed up for her party

she asked me to curl her hair

 hazel was actually born on memorial day

so it's no wonder that her birthday is on memorial day weekend this year

too bad it meant a lot of her friends were out of town 

but we were so happy her friends bailey and maddy could come

here they are grabbing candy from the pinata

 blowing the candles out on her princess cake

 after her party hazel said she wanted to go to

sunnyside park which was fun

especially since we ran in to friends there

next we went out to mexican

hazel was excited for them to sing to her

but once they started it made her really uncomfortable

(she's just like her mom)

she was happy to have some ice cream

 even though it was only 3 o'clock when we left the restaurant

we'd had so much excitement today

that all four kids fell asleep in the car (!!!)

that never happens

so we took advantage of it and drove around for an hour

finally parking and watching the bears on campus

eventually they all woke up and had fun looking at the bears with us

hazel is such a sweet girl

she is so nice to her sisters

loves to copy noah all the time

she loves clothes, shoes, lipgloss and princesses

wherever we go, if there's a little girl to play with, hazel makes an instant friend

she loves all things girly

she is very confident but does not like adult attention

from anyone but michael or me

she gets really shy

she loves to draw, color, and paint

she loves church

she does not eat bread

she mostly likes meat and treats

some of her favorite foods are fish sticks, meatballs,

hot dogs, sausage, bacon, fishies, fruit snacks, black beans, cereal,

cookies, ice cream, pancakes... 

(i'm only recording these because i hope she outgrows it

and eats normally one day :) 

we love our hazel girl!