Happy Birthday!

Well, today 4 turned 6.  It is hard to believe that she could possibly be that old, because that means I'm getting old and frankly I still feel like I should be in my early 20's.  It was a good day, and fun to remember what I was doing and feeling 6 years ago.  I was excited and surprised when she really was a girl, and oh so happy.  We started the morning with pop-up pancakes, and then got ready to have lunch with some of the cousins and the grandparents.

Getting 11 kids all looking the same way and smiling proved to be impossible, but here they are anyway.

 We had a BBQ, and then let her open presents.

She got a bead set from the cousins, and a animal top toy from Grandma and Grandpa.

And from mom and dad and Grammy and Papa the thing she has been wanting for more than a year ... an American Girl Doll that looks just like her, with matching PJ's.  She is a bit possessive of it, but we have made her wait a year to prove she was big enough to care for it and keep it nice, and have told her it will be the last big ticket item she gets if it doesn't stay in pristine condition.  All in all it was a very good day.