4 and a half

Rhiannon turned exactly 4 and a half today.
At this age, she has been showing herself to be sometimes very very thoughtful, sweet and joyful and other times strong-willed and grouchy. She loves playing with her baby dolls -- pushing them around in strollers, putting them down to sleep and giving them rides on the tractor; coloring in coloring books; doing puzzles; riding her scooter or bike; playing tag (aka "It"); playing with water and mud; and especially wrestling in the grass with Tryfan and/or whoever else is around!

Rhiannon is very social and confident. We hadn't even been going to the local school (for her nursery class) for 2 weeks before big kids were saying hi to her by name! She will talk to anyone who at least appears to be listening and her 'best friends' these days are all boys. She is full of laughter and she is always looking after Tryfan... if she is offered a treat of some kind, she always asks if Tryfan can have one also.

Right now she is going to 2 different "settings" for nursery/ childcare/ barnehage and she is doing well in both of them even though they are very different... one is a [Rudolf] Steiner-inspired day nursery in our neighborhood with a headcount of 13, and the other is a very structured, organized day nursery closer to our office in Gatwick that has a total headcount of 105 kids, 26 of which are in Rhiannon's class.
Another milestone is that she has just finally stopped wearing nappies/ diapers at nighttime. Yay!