She's Another Year Older!

We love to celebrate Birthdays at our house, but with 4 kids (soon to be 6) we don't usually have the big kid parties very often (but no ones seems to mind!)

With 4 kids who love to give gifts, aunts/uncles, generous grandparents, and of course a mom and dad -- the gifts could potentially be overwhelming! So we spread them out!

The day begins with breakfast of your choice (chocolate chip pancakes for this kid) and then a gift. N could not wait to give his gift this year so he took care of the breakfast gift.! A couple of month ago his gma sent him her old camera when she got a new one. He was thrilled with the idea of having one, but hadn't even used it yet when he realized how badly his little sis wanted one. He also knows that she enjoys scrapbooking and would probably put it to use a little more than he might. He came to me a week before her BD asking if it would be OK to give it to her. What floored me even more than his thoughtfulness was his sheer delight at being able to give her something that she woud LOVE!

After breakfast we decided it was time for a new look (note the short hair in the above picture and the long hair below!). We headed out to the hair salon and then met up with daddy for her BD lunch. This year is was Qdobas! One standing tradition we have for every BD is lunch with daddy!

Grammy and Papa and her cousin (who spent the night) joined us for dinner that evening (yes she continued opening gifts sporadically through the day) and the celebration concluded with her requested dinner - taco salad and Birthday cake! Happy Birthday sweet girl!