Our second annual girls fall getaway at the cottage….couldn’t be spent better then with friends, wine, chocolate, and reminiscing (and PLENTY of laughs)
Al spying on the neighbors
Of course we had to try our luck at the casino
crazy bathroom shot!
and the final verdict… (al won)
fun times with sweet friends!
I always struggle with birthday posts …because i try to capture the essence of these little people I love…but it’s so hard to do
through pictures and words and even harder to go back over the past year and remember all the fun quirky ways these kids have changed and grown…but I’ll do my best!
This little FIVE year old has always had the biggest personality! She just loves life and loves to learn! She’s kind, and thoughtful, giving, and smart and her sense of humor amazes me!
she was SO proud of her garden at little people’s over the summer – she brought home some tomatoes for us to try…but not before she tried one first
look at this little face…still some baby in it
she is such a little diva…decked out in her tutu and hanging out on her papa
i did sign her up for a 3 day princess/dance class and she LOVED it!! her fave thing was ‘leaping’
interviewing owen about what he learned in his book
she is really getting into reading..she has this princess book that reads to you when you press a button – she got it in Missouri and has been ‘reading’ out loud in her room before bed. In aug she asked me if she could read me her book after school and she literally recited it word for word (five pages long and each page about two long sentences). she has been recognizing sight words for a while now and will point them out to me whenever she sees them at the grocery store or on a sign, etc.
eating with her gingerbread man and baby
twinning
this is the kind of stuff that just melts my heart because it really does capture her so well…
I walked into my room to go to bed one night…and she had all her little figures lined up on a footstool and her little slippers laying by my bed
going to the dentist – cleaning the dino’s teeth before she got hers cleaned
the new rug is a balance beam…always a little performer
all dressed up for school…hat and dress shoes
proud of the flower she picked for mama
reading all about american girl stuff
this was from this past fall…but one of my fave pics of her…so sweet!
hanging out at the cottage
she picked out this outfit too and was so proud of it
such a tom boy! heels and a dress and purse on while shooting her cross bow
she looks SO grown up here! gran put some makeup on her
LOVES to create things!
she naps every now and then…the other day, i took a nap today to get some extra power for the playground!!
she is super sweet when it’s bed time (usually) the other night, i was putting her to bed and she squeezed me in a tight hug and said ‘im not gonna let you go until the sun goes down’ and sometimes its ‘til the sun comes up’ 
let the birthday festivities begin!
we went to Red Robin just the four of us for dinner to celebrate
think she’s excited?
selfie
I also took her to lunch later in the week just for something fun!
then we celebrated with grandma/grandpa and aunt Jen/uncle paul and fam
birthday princess
she wanted a sophia the first theme so of course grandma pulled it off with a cake to match the theme!
and cupcakes too!
such a spoiled little girl
brother helping her read her card
blowing out her candles
we had some tattoos that we all put on…so fun
then ANOTHER birthday celebration with gran and the uncles
barbie super hero costume!!!
and a cake!!
getting those candles all blown out
the super hero
reading her new princess book with papa
so much fun celebrating SYD
school pics!!
Happy birthday to a sleepy
helping
driven like a ninja warrior
creative
smiley, kooky, crazy
cuddly and loving
FIVE YEAR OLD !!!
