4 going on 14!

Elly the day of her 4th (not 14th) birthday!

Lately, I have been feeling like a mother of a teenage girl. Elly has been 4 for just over a month now, but the last couple of days she has been acting like a 14 year old! Let me give you some examples of what Joe and I have been dealing with here...

1. A Few days ago, I heard a conversation between her and Joe where she asked him if he can please get her a new phone- a real one, oh and of course a pink one. When Joe asked her why she wanted a phone she answered "so I can call all my friends and talk to my cousin Sofia!" Hmmm... maybe we need to start skyping her cousin Sofia who lives in Canada!

2. Her little friend Te Rina was visiting from Brisbane so we had a little get together with her family at the dam. Just like a couple of teenage girls, they were hanging out and being BFF's when all of a sudden, it turned dramatic... like watching a scene from  the OC. After their little silent treatments for one another and death stares, like true teenage girls- they where BFF's once again! 

3. At the Rodeo on Saturday night, she bumped into Mitchell- a friend from kindy. They played together and had a great time! When I asked her if she enjoyed seeing her friend Mitchell at the Rodeo, she quickly replied "Yes! Isn't he handsome?!" Oh, dear...

4. On Sunday, she refused to go to her  primary class, and "wagged" the second half of it! Enough said.

5. The last couple of days in particular, she's had such a bad attitude! She's been talking back at us and has been so rude and demanding! It has honestly felt like the Queen  had come to stay with us over the long weekend and was throwing out demands and orders left, right and centre! If she didn't get her way or what she wanted ASAP it ended up in tears and tantrums. 

I am so confused. Did I miss the memo? I've heard of 'terrible two's' but is there a 'teenage preview four's' that I don't know about? Where did my nice and polite little 4 year old girl go? I do admit, she was here today and we had a lovely day together up until dinner time and then the 14 yr old teenage girl/Queen of England returned. Now she is sleeping and looking so sweet and innocent and I love her all over again. Please stay little for as long as you can Elly Belly. 14 can wait.