*IT'S A HARD KNOCK LIFE*

After Maren's birthday party, Alexa had a talent show at her school. The big day finally came after practicing so hard for it. The girls looked great and did amazing. They all proved that their practice paid off.
The girls were Alexa, Isabel, Sofia, Ashley, Lilly and Ellie.

*MAREN'S BIRTHDAY INTERVIEW*

*MAREN'S 4TH BIRTHDAY*

I still can't believe how fast she is growing up. It's exciting and sad all at the same time.
Angie called first thing in the morning and asked if she could take the girls to get a princess makeover. I thought it would be perfect since Maren was going to wear her princess dress to her party. They both were so cute with their princess hairdos.
As soon as Maren got home she went and got her princess dress on and was ready to party. She had a blast playing with all of her cousins and her friend Dylan.
After eating a ton of pizza and cake, Maren finally got to open her presents. She was in the proper princess mood to do so too. I don't know if it is her age or just Maren being Maren, but you knew exactly what she thought of each present, good or bad.
I did, however, save one present for last, knowing the second she opened it she would drop everything to put it on. It was this pink dress that she just had to have from Macy's. She saw it when we were shopping one day and I told her she couldn't have it. After a week of her asking daily if we could go back to Macy's to get her dress, I finally caved in and bought it for her birthday present. She wore it until bedtime when I forced her to change into her pj's.

Maren had a great time and enjoyed sharing her birthday with everyone.

*MAREN'S BDAY LUNCH AT TREX*

Angie invited us to meet her out for lunch at TRex to celebrate Maren's bday. She really loves that place and gets super excited every time we go. All morning long she kept asking when it was time to go, so when Erin was late picking us up she started asking to leave her. She tried to convince me that Erin had already gone to lunch without us.
At the end of lunch, the servers came out to sing her happy birthday. At first she was fine, but ran to Erin towards the end of her song. It's funny how shy she can be at times.

*CHEETAH GIRLS*

The other day Aunt Angie bought baby Audry a cheetah print dress, which was super cute on her. Maren must have thought so too, because when Grandma Adams took her shopping she found her own cheetah dress to match baby Audry. As soon as they got back, she had Grandma Adams call Erin to bring Audry over with her dress on so they could match.
Later, when Maren came home that night and we were changing her into her pj's, she asked if I could bring her dress back over to Grandma's to make sure that she had her cheetah dress for when Audry came over!

*GIRLS' INTERVIEW*

I thought it was about time the girls could ask us questions. However, they didn't seem to ask as many as I thought they would. It was still fun to hear what they had to say. Anything to get us all talking!

Note: These interviews are always how they answer or in this case ask. I try to ask Maren first and then Alexa, so Maren will not just copy off of Alexa's answers. No matter what, I am usually surprised to hear how they answer their questions. I rarely get the same answer twice.

*MAREN'S 4TH BDAY INVITATION*

Maren is turning 4 already. Here is her birthday invitation we sent out to everyone.