Proud to be a Mother and Proud of my Girls

I have a confession to post... I am a huge slacker and have decided to take it upon myself to delegate the "blogging" to Brian. I thought he would find it quite amusing, but only to discover he wants a little more input from me. Apparently he doesn't have enough to say.So Here I am posting for I think this will top me out to number 2.
Can I just say I love having an almost 4 year old. Life is so much more exciting. Even though it is fun to go through all the infant stages as well. Don't get me wrong. It was fun seeing Eesti eat solids for the first time and taking her first steps. We are actually going through the walking phase with Gisele and it is exillerating.
Eesti is growing up too fast. She is so mature for her age. I was never like this, so for me, watching her reaction in different atmospheres takes me back to that era in a different light...completely. For example. If I say to not do something, that's all it takes, she listens and she just does as I ask. Her primary leader is so proud of her. She has to tell me everytime she sees me what a good girl Eesti is in primary and I have to say I agree. Even though I'm not there to witness it, it doesn't surprise me in the least. There will be times where she has her 4 year old melt downs, but what 4 year old doesn't.
Eesti was invited to TWO Birthday parties on Saturday. One was for our good friends the McCleary's.Their daughter (Katrina) is two weeks older than Eesti. She turned 4.This party was from 3:00-4:00. She had a really good time. I would have to say her favorite part was the pianta. She was the only one that was able to hit it hard enough to let some of the candy out.I was so proud of her. Maddison who is 9 finished it off. Gathering up the candy was also the best part and as you can see from the pics. Gisele had a good time too, gathering up the candy as well. It is so funny that she knows exactly what candy is and she's not even a year yet. After this joyous occasion, we had to book it out of there to get up to Jungle Jim's where the next party was being held. Our neighbors' little girl (Katelyn) was turning 2. She has an older brother (Ben) who is 5 almost 6. Eesti and Ben play almost everyday at 4:00 when he gets home from kindergarten. They play so well together. They have such immaginations. We had to be an hour late, because both of the parties started at 3:00. Luckily, Jungle Jim's takes a little bit longer to get through. The girls had a very joyous occasion. I guess we are going to have to pay another visit for Gisele when she turns 2. I put her on the carosel and she was enthused. Luckily we still have one more year of not having to do a party. I like to go to them. Hosting them is another story. All in all we have so much fun together I never want this lifestyle to end. I can't wait for Eesti's Birthday. I don't think we are going to do a party, she doesn't seem to care. I don't think I will be so lucky next year though. We will still do something fun, just knowing there is not going to be any stress gets an A for approval in my book. Yeah!