4 and 4 & three-quarters

Remember how important it was when you were a kid, to make sure you know not only how old you were, but you had to know it down to the fraction of a year? My kids are really into this now. Frankly, I'm surprised that Jackson doesn't go around proclaiming himself to be 8 and seven-twelfths. In any case, Delaney is thrilled to be 4 and three-quarters. She feels far superior to those who are just plain four. In fact, we met a little girl at the playground today, and when Delaney asked how old she was, the little girl said, "Four." "Oh, well I'm four and three-quarters" was Delaney's response - thinking she had something on this other little one. "Oh (clearly confused), well, I'll be five tomorrow." says the little girl, as Delaney's ego visibly deflates.

When we were in Utah last month, we got to spend a day with one of our favorite 4 year olds. Cousin Lezlee was in town with her mom and brothers, so we kidnapped her for a day. We went to the Children's Museum, Build - A - Bear, and Rumbi's for lunch (that was more for me than them). All day people asked if they were twins, sisters, etc. Delaney (who is the MUCH bossier of the two) would always say, "No, we're cousins. She's four and I'm four and three-quarters." The good news is, Lez is a laid back kind of gal (must get it from her dad) and so that just seemed to roll right off her back.

Lezlee has a major thing for horses. MAJOR. So, of course, the true-scale model horse they could sit on was a big hit at the museum.



They played at the construction site for the longest of any exhibit. Must be hereditary!



Here are the girls at Build - A - Bear. Lez made a unicorn and aptly named it, "Unicorn, Unicorn" and Delaney made a rainbow bear named "Madelyn", but has since been renamed 27 more times. (They both wore Hello Kitty shirts that day. Isn't that a funny coincidence?)



The girls with sunglasses I bought them because it was super sunny and they kept tripping because they were walking with their eyes so squinted. They wanted ones that looked like mine, so we had to get them in the boys department.



Though we wish we lived down the street from our Crittenden cousins, we love seeing them any chance we get. These two are such opposites, but get along so great. Here's to hoping they'll be roommates at BYU one day!