Six!

 My best gal turned 6 yesterday and we had so much fun. 

It was the weirdest weather day, as only October can bring in the Fall. (February gets all the weird weather glory earlier.) It was cold and rainy. Like in the 40s. Very very dreary until about 1:30 where the sun came out and it rapidly heated up to a quite muggy 78. 

The good news was that my baby wanted to go to a restaurant. That was her big request. And since it was so nice out we were able to go and eat outside. So it was safe and comfortable. Yay! 

She couldn't narrow down a theme so she opted for Anna/Elsa/Poppy. We made it work. 

After her choice of breakfast which was scrambled eggs, she got to open her present from her brother. 

I sent my big 6 year old off to school and her teacher sent me a picture of her wearing the birthday hat letting me know she was having a good day! She got to bring in a birthday treat of Rice Krispie Treats, go to the principal to pick a prize from the prize bucket, and go to the library to pick out a birthday book. Plus hear her name on the morning announcements. 

As it happens, it was also C's teacher's birthday. And then she even sent home a little treat and a happy birthday note for my gal. Birthday buddies, apparently the only ones in the school. 

Husband took a half day so we could both pick her up from school. It was really important to me that she had time to play with her presents which wouldn't work if he came home at 5:30. So after pick up she got to open her presents from us. I had my parents on Skype so I didn't get any pictures of that though. Then we went to early dinner at 4:00. (Because that's also a good way to avoid crowds.) 

After she got to play for a while it was time to Skype in my parents and brothers again. We had her Poppy/Anna/Elsa cookie cake. 

And she opened the rest of her gifts. Look how happy she is with her kazoo. She really wanted one. 

Barbie was the big winner. So many new friends came to live with us. We got her the Barbie Camper, which is pretty cool. I think it was her favorite present but she really liked everything so I am not sure. 

We had a wonderful day celebrating turning 6!