Turning Six

T just recently turn six years old--that would be two hands instead of one. She, of course, thinks she is twenty six, but that's for another posting. What a happy day for all. We made her wait until her birthday to open gifts. We told her it would be worth the wait. She wore the outfit Grandma and Grandpa R gave her Friday (her birthday), Saturday , and Sunday. Thank goodness I do wash on Monday.She has watched the Sleeping Beauty movie from Grandma and Grandpa K many a time and feels very brave about it. She keeps telling A, "it's not scary." (Even though it is a little).

Friday night T got to choose where we went for dinner--She choose Sweet Tomatoes, even though S tried hard to tempt her with other places that brought ice cream and sang. S does not like Sweet Tomatoes, but he sucked it up. Also, we had Uncle B visit. What a fun treat. T loved playing adult sequence with him and dad and winning.

Saturday was her birthday party she could invite her friends to. I thought we had the rule of a friend birthday every other year, but apparently not. We'll have to revisit this idea later. Anyhow, T wanted a costume halloween party. We had beautiful princesses, ninjas, vampires, witches, a football player, and a cat. Very fun! (Sorry , in the chaos I did not remember to take a group picture like I planned). The kids decorated halloween bags, played games, ate, and opened presents (the opening presents was a little rushed--I ran out of time at the end).

Decorating bags.

Playing games--S was a huge help--Here he is demonstrating pumpkin bochee, which he wants to make sure and get credit for. Pumpkin Bochee was his idea.This was the "Over the head, Under the legs" game. Just so you know, the Stealth Ninjas beat out the Vampire Princesses and the Superstars.There were a few more games, but the favorite was the scavenger hunt leading to...

the skeleton pinata (That was S's pick--He passed up the nice, happy pumpkin for a scary skeleton--The kids loved it--hope they didn't have nightmares)The ninja, who was the only one who wanted to be blindfolded, finally broke it on his second turn.Last, cake and presents. I know many of you that make beautiful, amazing birthday cakes. I am not a cake person. I feel like I'm doing well to make cupcakes (from a box). The girls helped me decorate them. We also had ice cream and cream puffs--aka eyeballs. Last was opening gifts. T has very wonderful, thoughtful friends.

Also--Very exciting! A few days after her birthday T lost her first tooth.It was a very exciting week. But hopefully it will be a little quieter for a while.