Rose turned FIVE years old today. We started celebrating on Friday with a birthday party and then did family gifts on Saturday and her birthday dinner tonight. Rose relished every minute of her prolonged three-day birthday celebration.
First up: birthday interview! We had the hardest time printing it out this week because our printer was feeling tempermental. We tried Steph's printer but it didn't work there either! Grama Meri to the rescue: I emailed it to her and she printed it at her house and brought it with her when she came to Rose's birthday party on Friday. The birthday party deserves a post of its own.
She is so expressive! And beautiful.
She was so tiny and PINK! Jay was wary. This is my all-time favorite picture.
Yesterday afternoon, we decided to let Rose open her birthday presents a day early. Her birthday was on Sunday and we are having a hard enough time getting to church on time without such morning distractions as birthday present opening. So I quickly wrapped her presents and we sang and she opened them all in about 3.5 minutes flat. It was quick and simple. (unlike her birthday party!) Jay gave her a set of 6 Disney princes that I found on Ebay. We gave her a box of Barbie clothes (another Ebay find), a coloring book full of pictures of roses called Favorite Roses (perfect!) and Ariel and Aurora Barbies. She was blissfully happy. With the addition of some men to the doll collection, Jay actually became interested in playing Barbies with her. He kept storming the imaginary castle with the princes while Rose and I dressed and accessorized the princesses over and over. We played with Barbies for two whole hours on Saturday afternoon! And I loved it. I am such a toy person. I get so excited about finding the most fun toys and giving them to my kids and then playing with them too.
We sang to Rose in the car on the way to church today. After church, Rose went right back into her Barbie world. She invited me to join her so I built her a nice big castle out of cardboard bricks. Then Jay came in and stormed the castle with an army of trolls (represented by a pile of square ABC blocks). I retreated to the basement to hang out with Jeff while they played. After half an hour or so, they followed and Amber woke up from her nap. We had a family couch party in the basement! A nice addition to the birthday festivities.
Reading and Rubix cube: a relaxing Sunday afternoon.
It quickly degenerated into a tickle war. Jeff took one kid at a time and exposed their ticklish tummies by turning them upside down. Amber was fascinated and demanded a turn too.
Then it was time for birthday dinner: mac and cheese, carrots, and chocolate milk. Rose planned the whole menu weeks in advance and enjoyed every bite.
Rose started liking carrots a long time ago.
Cupcakes for dessert! We sang and she blew out her candles and it was birthday-jolly.
We love our Rose!
1 comment:
You know those classic 14 gallon storage containers? Well I have two of those filled with all things barbie in the attic of my parent's house. They have affectionately turned into toys for the grandkids, but at one point in time they were all mine. I'm talking, clothes, cars, houses, mcdonalds restaurant sets, babies, baby accessories, not to mention the couple dozens of barbies. It was a bit excessive. Perks of being the youngest? My Dad used to use Barbies as a means of getting me to do things. Example: "If you execute a behind the back pass in your next basketball game I will buy you a barbie." ;)
If you want something from my extensive collection to sneak home from Lakation for next Christmas--I will hook you up.
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