Metal Meredith

On Saturday, June 16th, Vivienne will turn 4 years old. I am happy to report that she has accepted this fact after almost 7 months of constantly declaring her refusal to age. It was helped along by the promise of a cake (a butterfly, superhero, dinosaur, SpongeBob SquarePants cake with no black because it isn’t her favorite color), many twinkly balloons (but not black, brown or grey because those are NOT her favorite colors...geesh) and a few gifts.

I hope to be able to share some insight on my first born this week, sharing stories and photos and recounting all the silly things she has done of late. Just tonight, Phil was helping her get ready for bed. They were joking around and I smacked Phil for saying something ridiculous. Then Vivienne smacked Phil just to be silly. The play fought for a few seconds before Vivienne said “Dad, let’s not fight anymore.” And she gave him a big hug.

My other most recent favorite story was when Vivienne and I were at Target, doing some shopping. We pulled into the cereal isle for a moment and she pointed and cried out “MOM! COCOA PEBBLES! I want those!” Now, we have never had those before that I know of. So I kept moving along. Then, she does it again, “MOM! Kool Aid Singles!!” So I had to ask just where she heard what a ‘Kool Aid Single” was and she replies, “ I saw them on TV. They are cool.”

I know she is smart, I know she is funny. But she is certainly easy prey for those crafty advertisers.