Avery's birthday

Today is Avery's birthday. She had bad dreams all night about Tabitha, her friend, throwing her dolls out the window; a bear trying to get her; not being able to get the right color of balloon; and not being able to get the right color of straw. She slept the second half of the night with us--but kept having bad dreams.

I told her this morning that I thought she looked a little bit taller now that she was four and then gave her a piggy-back ride (which she calls a monkey ride) downstairs.