Sydaleigh at 4

Passionate about everything
Extremely ticklish (still)
would prefer to wear a dress or skirt any day of the week
loves her princesses
believes with all her heart that her princesses are real, thank you Disney World.
also loves her doll 'Dandy' (that she found in the bottom of a garbage garage sale box brought over by a neighbor),
doesn't do well in crowds, prefers only a couple special friends at a time,
can write the whole alphabet,
wants to "learn" about everything,
can sing the lyrics to virtually every Disney and Momma Mia song,
entering a challenging new phase; trying to exert control over everything, and everyone,
can't sleep without her Marvelly in the room,
Loves being a big sister, which she thinks entitles her to being the boss, which makes for lots of fun thanks to her new "controlling" phase,
Loves to sing at the top of her lungs for the whole world to hear,
can recite virtually every line from every movie she's ever seen,
told me the other day she wants to be a doctor when she gets bigger so she can help people,
has a very natural desire to take care of others,
enjoys the added responsibility of being 4, until it interferes with whatever she's doing,
loves going to the gym with Daddy and playing soccer, which she is very good at,
she can finally do a summersault,
loves to build houses out of the couch pillows,
favorite game to play is hide and seek,
can count to '10' really fast and in doing so forgets the number 5,
can count to 20, sometimes,
entered into a fascinating phase of imaginative play,
talks about her birthday all the time and what toys she wants, even though
we just celebrated her birthday, she's getting a head start on her next one,
and loves Jesus.