Sweet Special 6 Year Old!

I don't think there is much better than celebrating a child.  I can hardly believe my Lainey Bug turned 6 years old on March 11.  How is it that saying "6" seems SO much older than saying "5"?  And, how is it that when she jumped off the bus the afternoon of her birthday she looked like such a beautiful big girl when in the morning she ran off to the bus...just a little bit younger?  We're SO very proud of our 6-year-old.  I can't even begin to list the things I love, no LOVE, about that girl!  So, I'll just let you know that from her 5th birthday to her 6th, she is now: reading, adding, counting to 100, counting by 5's and 10's, learning to solve problems with others outside of her family, spending 5 full days in a row away from mom (by the way, spending 5 full days away from her is an accomplishment for me too since my last bday) :) , continuing to grow and develop her loving, generous, teaching, giving spirit that she has always had.  I could go on and on, so let me share some pictures of our precious first-born, longed-for, dreamed of...GIFT!

Happy, Happy the Happiest of Birthdays my amazing girl!

I LOVE you!

May your imagination continue to flourish and your spirit shine through you always!

I am SO glad God blessed us with YOU!

Lainey eating our traditional star birthday pancakes for breakfast...getting her first round of "Happy Birthday" on the "You are special" plate we got for our wedding.

Running through the traditional door streamers...a favorite for all!  :)

We ate at Hu-Hot Mongolian Grill...Lainey's choice...her favorite restaraunt.  Uncle Scott, Grandpa Monte and Grammy came up to celebrate on Thursday!

Lainey doing well with the chopsticks.

Sophie enjoying getting to "eat inside" at a restaraunt.  :)

Even Sawyer tried his hand at chopsticks.

After Hu-Hot Lainey was surprised with getting to pick out a new (bigger) bike!

Grandpa Monte and Grammy Ruth

She LOVED all of the phone calls and messages throughout the day!  Thank you!

Singing 'Happy Birthday' to our dear Lainey

Grandpa Marv and Grandma Ellen came up Friday night to celebrate.

Lainey had her birthday party Saturday afternoon and invited the girls from her class and a little friend across the street.  She had a cake decorating party...here the girls are decorating their aprons with fabric markers.

The finished products...now they are ready to be cake decorating divas...and boy, were they ever!  :)

We had 8 different tubes of frosting each with a different decorators tip and 4 different colors of frosting.  I can't tell you how many colors of sprinkles were on the table along with M&Ms. 

The finished creations.  (One girl even commented they could so be professional cake decorators and deliverers...and she was quite serious.)  :)

     Lainey with her friend, Jocelyn.  I'm certain the parents were excited they didn't need to think about dessert that night.  :)

Lainey and her cake.

What a day!  What a FUN party!  (THANK YOU, Mom, for all your help!)  The girls had a blast.  It was a couple hours of giggles and squeals.  What more could a mom ask for?