Alive at Five

The long anticipated fifth birthday for Anna finally arrived.  She's wanted for years to be five and to stay five forever.  Although she's backed off the "stay five forever" stance, she did have a great day!  Happy #5 to our sweet, cuddly, dramatic, hilarious but not funny, non-ticklish, yellow, sparkly, princess Anna!

She's 5, not 8, and gets her favorite for breakfast - donuts!

And she adds a sister

and another sister

but not a 3rd sister - she was sleeping in!

A few morning presents

Now her Belle will no longer have a fat face...for now

Anna was happy that she gets Mae's carseat

Magic Show

As you can tell - this was Anna's cake and not Mae's.  She didn't want cool whip on top of her ice cream cake - instead, she wanted puppy chow

Didn't I see that same burning symbol on Roswell?

An evening of celebrating

Sister, cousins, and grandparents

More presents!

A desk!

Sparkly "stickers" that can be used as earings

Belle night gown from the Poe's!

A chair from Papa D and Grandma Weez

Fun times with new stuff

Elena dress

The power of Elena

 A little late night bike ride in her Elean night gown

Ashley - Year In Review

Ashley's month year in review

Birthday

1 Month

2 Months

3 Months

4 Months

5 Months

6 Months

7 Months

8 Months

9 Months

10 Months

11 Months

12 Months

Chopped

Mae wanted shorter hair "like Claire." I was scared.  But in the end, she still remained a very beautiful little girl. 

One last moment with long hair

Mom and Aunt Jackie took her

Cuteness

...and then back.

The Month/Year of Six

Just as quick as Ashley turned 6 months, our Mae Mae cakes turned six.  It was a day of presents, singing from a foreign country, being a car rider TO school, taking snakes and rings to school for everyone, being a car rider after school to the park, fun at the park with sisters, pizza, and of course - Oreo pie!  It was a great day for her and it's hard to believe she's 6. 

Birthday breakfast of choice - Cinnamon Toast Crunch

It was a little trickier to get the candle in cereal rather than the normal birthday muffin

Gifts!

 

"Happy Birthday" song from an unlikely choir - not everyone gets sung to Live from El Salvador



More gifts

Magnifying

 

 

"Happy Birthday"

Well who wouldn't want to make their Oreo pie with goggles on?

Safety first

Park fun

Birthday girl

Static

Birthday hugs

More birthday hugs

Our birthday girl - and evidence of where she gets her pretty face

6

She got 'em all

Love that Oreo pie

A great day