Birthday Weekend

We have a six year old.  A brilliant, creative, energetic, take charge, independent, sparkly, beautiful six year old.  She's learning to read, writing her letters so beautifully, and wiggling a tooth or two.  She loves to wear a gown and a crown but also loves to catch bugs and crawdads with her bare hands.  She's a good little friend and a sweet big sister (when she wants to be).  We love her to pieces and know she could run the place if only we'd let her!

Her birthday weekend was a ton of fun. 

She woke up Saturday morning to a room full of balloons (thank you, early riser Daddy!) and a birthday message during a TV morning show the girls like to watch (we sent a card in, hoping they'd feature it, but she just got a running ticker message along the bottom of the screen.  We were so excited even at that but she was not impressed when they didn't feature her card!). 

Then off she and Corey and Audrey went to pick up Nana at the SF airport and then take her to the (best) playground (EVER) at Golden Gate Park. 

After a quick rest at home, it was time to make her up and dress her up for her very first ballet recital.  When this little groundhog was born, I never imagined that only 6 short years later I'd be putting eyeliner, mascara and lipstick on her sweet face!!!  It was a bit painful for me.  I don't even own mascara and had to buy some the day before.  For my kindergartner.  Mercy.  Well, needless to say, she looked beautiful and she did a great job at her recital!
 

 

 

 After her performance it was out to dinner where she enjoyed a chocolate sundae with a sparkler on top. Candles, shmandles. Apparently the kids these days get fireworks!

(she was a little chilly in her costume at dinner but we kept her

in it because it was the only way to explain the full makeup!)

 



The next day was her birthday party. A fairy tea party, that is.   We had a total of 6 little girls to celebrate turning 6.  They were the sweetest little six this party planning mom could ask for.  Each little girl received a wand upon arrival but had to complete three games (to practice their fairy skills, of course) before earning her wings.  They decorated fairy houses (we learned recently that fairies hate to get caught in the rain because wet wings don't work...so, we figured they needed little houses in every one's backyards to ride out a storm), ate fairy foods, devoured flower cupcakes and pink lemonade, drew pictures, and played.  And before we knew it, it was time for everyone to go home. 

 Decorating fairy houses. 

Fairy foods, of course!

 When this crew earned their wings they flew all over the backyard!

 An almost finished fairy house.  They were really awesome when they were done!

Audrey had a play date with one of our fairy guest's little sister (off site) so that allowed Natalie and her fairy friends to have fun frolicking without a little pixie underfoot.  I sent wings and wands with Audrey and her little friend so they could be fairies, too. 

This is a picture of them running (er, flying) down the canal trail to the playground.  Beyond cute!

We topped off the weekend with a Super Bowl party and an accidental nut ingestion so it was a FULL WEEKEND.  I'm really not sure we could have packed anything else in. 

Still can't believe she's 6. 

Love this sassy britches.