Another Last

this morning Little girl came out of her bedroom and I caught her in the hallway

she gave me a BIG smile and then let me pick her up and snuggle her.

after walking from our hallway into the kitchen with her, snuggled in, I asked her if she knew what today was? she told me that it was church day.

I laughed because of course it was church day but I let her know that it was also her last day as a four year old.

she smiled.

I told her that tomorrow she was turning "5" and that I was going to miss her as a four year old.

I told her that I loved this last year as her being four

that four seemed still little as she was growing and being big

that she was still tiny and my baby

that I liked all that she had learned this year as a four year old and that I was going to miss 4 a whole lot.

I think she is eager to be 5. there must be something magical and special about being 5.

a whole handful.

I just know that I am going to miss four.

but I have a feeling that 5 is going to be pretty awesome too.