Birthday Girl

Today is Anastasia's fourth birthday. We'll be celebrating for quite some time, since her party isn't scheduled for another 10 days, but we couldn't let the day pass without presents. This morning, Anastasia woke up Orlando and me asking if we thought Santa had brought her presents. After a little giggle, we sent her downstairs to see. She came tearing back up the stairs to tell us all about what she'd found.



Needless to say, the present opening commenced right away. She dove into the smaller presents first, starting with a DVD and a book, before moving on to the big presents: Buzz Lightyear and Woody!



Finally, after playing with Buzz and Woody for a while, her backpack got a new friend and it was time to head back upstairs for some quality time with daddy.



School is out today and tomorrow (they're transitioning them in 1/2 a class at a time this week), so we'll be taking cupcakes to school on Friday. Today, she hung out with Daddy at his work. It was a very exciting day, and she crashed hard midday.



I picked her up from there when I finished work. When we got home, Anastasia saw that she'd gotten some mail, too. Happy birthday cards, one from Grandma and Grandpa Allen and one from her cousins Andrew, Ashley and Quinn.



It was a very good day, and she's got more in front of her. Friday, cupcakes at school, and next weekend, a full fledged birthday party, followed by the first football game of the season. Man time flies.