Avery is 4!

Yesterday was Avery's birthday. Originally she wanted to have a party at home with just family but a few days ago, decided she wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese's with our next-door neighbor, Anders, and another friend, Ruby. She had a super time (Anders and Ruby were there with their dads, and I think the 3 dads may have had just as much fun!). =)

She told me earlier in the day that she didn't "want to see the man that lives there." So when it was cake time and they announced that Chuck E. was coming out, she hid under the table. She wouldn't come out until we asked the party hostess to have Chuck E. change his plans and not come to her party. =)  FYI, Wednesday night is an awesome time to go to Chuck E. Cheese ... there's pretty much no one else there!

She and Audrey got to go inside the ticket-blaster and grab tickets. They had tons of fun!

Avery is such a sweet girl with tons of spunk. It is impossible to be in a room with her for 5 minutes and not smile at something she says or does. She told me a joke yesterday: "Mommy, why did the elephant sit at the table?" "I don't, know, why?" "Because he was hungry!!" Peals of laughter from her followed, and the whole thing just cracked me up.

She's very proud to be 4 and when I told her that she was going to turn 4 in the middle of the night (she was born around 1am), she couldn't believe it. She was so ecstatic.

Here are a few pix from last night (the girls decorated the cake; Avery's request was a "B" in the middle (for birthday, in case you're wondering like I was) surrounded by circles):