Can you believe my baby is 6? Each day is so long but the weeks and months are flying.
Her birthday party was a few days before her actual birthday. It helps kick things off and drag it out (like we always do). :) So the girls and I spent that morning decorating her cake which turned out amazing! She had begged for a swimming birthday so we made the cake to fit the occasion. We smoothed the tall sides with blue frosting and decorated them with green seaweed and pink and purple coral. The blue icing on top was textured and swirled like the ocean's surface and in the middle, we plopped a big gray rock (made of extra cake and frosting). We found three small mermaid figurines, two of which we perched on the rock and one lounging in the water. Lastly, we added chocolate truffles in the shape of shells. It was perfect and she loved it. But I was especially proud of all the work she did to help.
Her party was held at a community pool with a private party room. So we swam for awhile first in the bathtub warm water and splashing around on the play equipment in the middle. Her cousins and a few friends were able to make it so she dashed around from friend to friend, swimming and having a great time. We gathered in the party room for pizza, cake and ice cream and presents. The poor birthday girl had rubbed chlorine into her eyes and was pretty upset and uncomfortable for awhile. But she perked up by the time we did cake and ice cream and she was thrilled with her gifts. Her little sister, A, was eager to help with gifts until she realized that she didn't have a gift to give and got really upset. I tried to tell her that the mom&dad gifts were from her too but she didn't agree. Her sincerity about it was really cute actually and she didn't settle down until I promised to take her shopping the next day and let her use her own money to buy her sister a birthday gift. (how amazing are my kids?!) L went crazy over all the cute clothes, earrings, books, the barbie jet ski and most especially, the legos her daddy had picked out. (like father, like daughter.) After presents, we swam some more and eventually headed home for baths and a movie time cuddle before bed.
On her "real" birthday, I had to wake her up early for school and then surprised her with birthday pancakes (pancakes with nutella, strawberry jam, whip cream and sprinkles). Once she was off to school, the little sisters and I ran to the store to buy a birthday treat to send to school (I found out last minute that it has to be prepackaged due to allergy restrictions.) The girls picked out the pink and white animal cookies (in bright 100th birthday celebration bags) and a birthday princess balloon. We dropped off the balloon and cookies so they could be delivered to her class and then hurried off to A's preschool and E's music class. When school was over, I picked up the girls plus L's best friend from school and we all went to lunch at her favorite place in town, the Train. They played with the lego table and train sets in between bites and we celebrated with milkshakes. Her friend and little sister A got to give her presents again and then we headed to the park to play for awhile. Thoroughly worn out, Daddy took the girls home to watch her new birthday movie and some Daddy/Daughters time while I had to leave for the scrapbook expo.
Happy birthday princess, I love you!
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