Tootie is FOUR!

Tootie's birthday week started off with her climbing into bed with me Tuesday morning and announcing "MAMA!  I am four now!"  She then demanded I comment on how long her legs are now that she is four.

Sigh.

The next request was to go to Target and "Buy some four-year-old stuff".   for her birthday dinner, Tootie chose Red Robin.  No surprise there.

The birthday girl

 Grandma's present- SKETCHERS!  (How Tootie knew that they were Sketchers is beyond me.)

 Our gift to her- a blue ballgown for dress-up.

 Meeting Red....

 The "coup de grâce":  after devouring this she promptly fell asleep.

 Her Celebration of Life at Montessori school:

Lunch ideas...

I have found that tootie is MUCH more likely to eat "cute" food. So, here are a few of the meals I have put together recently...

Mini bagels with strawberry cream cheese, raisins, red decorating gel and purple sanding sugar:


Whole wheat noodles "nests" with mini mozzarella balls:

Almost Famous.

Tootie-Lou is the one in the pink polka dots....

Fanciness.

The TootToot has discovered a new way to adorn herself...fanciness. "Fanciness" can be defined as any number of accessories piled upon her person.

In the past this has included:

Costume Jewelry from her Great Grandmother

Plastic High Heels

Flower glasses

Clip on earrings

Bracelets...lots and lots of bracelets

Ponchos

Big Ol' Fake Rings

Knee Socks with Skirts

Hello Kitty Watch

and the list goes on.

Some days she says "Mama, I need to wear my fanciness." So, off she goes to school looking like this:

Project.

My latest sewing adventure was creating curtains for Nonie's school. They have a "giving tree" painted in the front hallway. On it, the teachers put up paper leaves with things they need for the classrooms written on them. At parent' orientation I noticed that this was on the wish list. I made the curtains and then Lori made matching cushions for the floor (the ribbons can be removed and the shade rolls down. You can also tied the ribbon across the middle of the curtain vertically....it makes a neat hourglass shape.). I think they turned out pretty well considering I made the pattern up and have never sewed curtains. Now I might have to do some for my house!