Happy Birthday to my favorite four-year-old

Today we celebrate Julia, who is a whopping four years old.

Julia is a lady and a consummate fashionista. She prefers to wear the right shoes and dress for the occasion, whether it's going to church or attending a dinner party or simply because the clock says 2:05. The delight of her life is dancing with wild and fabulous gyrations around the living room, particularly to her favorite song, which (in a fine illustration of her personality) is "I Won't Dance." Her older sister is her best friend and pushes her to achieve newer and better heights, particularly when it comes to climbing the crape myrtle in the back yard.

Julia wears her Kiki bow, fashioned out of burlap and a piece of yarn.

Happy birthday, sweets! You may be in the middle, but you never fade into the woodwork.