"Happy Birthday, Miss Joli!!"

Oh yes!! She's officially FOUR YEARS OLD!
Miss Joli started her day with her birthday balloons. We then had custom blueberry pancakes (thanks Tita Elma!) and went to the beach with Mia, Uncle Jon and TeeTah Grace. It was so much fun! We got to feed the seagulls, play in the sand, and jump the waves. Then, Joli went to pick out her own celebration cake -- Elmo cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes, and a raspberry layer cake! YUM! Thanks to Lola and Tita Elma who brought over food to our house (with the lovely new windows!).

Let's see -- fun Joli things to remember when we look back on this year:

1. Camp Sunshine - that was a year highlight!

2. Joli loves to ask people, "What was your favorite part?" after doing something fun

3. She makes us say, "Yes your Majesty" a lot.

4. She loves referring to Jada as "the Muskrat"

5. She got her hair done for the first time with Grammy a few months ago - and she loves wearing puffs and a "single puff"

6. She was a flower girl in Aunt Jenny and Uncle Jon's wedding!!

7. With the addition of our laptop, Joli LOVES when we film her and she gets to see herself on the laptop

8. Guitar Hero - her favorite way to bond with Daddy

9. Each morning, Joli races me from the car to Lola's house. At first, she always wanted to win, but now, she wants "everyone to win"

10. Joli was never into stuffed animals, but this year seemed to be the year of the "stuffed animal" needs. She has Sparkle (a whale), Duck (the dog), Ella (the dog), Dusty (the horse), Jessa (another dog), Bunny (the rabbit), Gorts (dog), Hoot (the white owl.. not to be confused with a BARN owl), and many many others

11. "I don't have enough years yet to go to school. I need FIVE YEARS."

12. Joli (and Mia) are absolutely obsessed with "wave to me in the window." If you don't wave, they cry. A lot.

13. Joli still likes to snuggle either me or Jorge before she falls asleep.

14. She's the master at "sneaking" - she always sneaks out of bed and tries to scare us

15. She finally got out of her big clunky car seat and into her booster seat -- and now she can buckle her own seatbelt!! Joli loves to "trick" me and ask me to unbuckle her... but she's already unbuckled! That silly bugger!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISS JO JO!! We love you!