Happy 5th Birthday Peighton!

Can't believe my little girl is now 5 years old!!! Where has the time gone?!? It seems like just yesterday she was born and then a toddler and now such a big girl who will be starting school this fall! Craziness :) I think 5 is going to be a fun age for her... lots of new exciting adventures with this upcoming year. Her birthday was officially yesterday but we had her birthday party on Saturday. The original plan was to have it at the local Children's Museum that we love to go to but unfortunately the museum is getting a new HVAC unit installed and while that process is going on, the children's area of the museum will be closed. Thus, no point in having the party there if the kiddos can't play. So we switched to plan B and hosted the party at our house. It went really well and I think everyone had a good time including the birthday girl. P decided on The Little Mermaid theme and I ordered the necessary decorations and supplies. The weather was nice & sunny but cool so we ended up having a houseful, ha! But we made it work and surprisingly there was plenty of seating and room for everyone. We invited our good friends the St Johns as well as three other families from Brandon's company that have little kids and we've gotten to know quite well. It worked out well there were a few little girls and some boys. The kids played upstairs some as well as downstairs. And we all enjoyed some yummy pizza before cupcake time! Peighton was shy as usual when it came to singing her "Happy Birthday" and Henry cried the whole time as he does not like it at ALL, ha! Then she got to open her presents and made out quite like a bandit. She was gifted a few Barbie and Princess dolls as well as two new stories for her LeapFrog Tag system and a new game for her LeapFrog Leapster Explorer. We are very thankful to our friends for coming and blessed to be able to give P a great birthday party! Everyone left around 230 and we got to cleaning up the party. Then we were off to Target so P could spend some of her birthday money she received in the mail. She picked up the charger for her LeapFrog Leapster and another new game for it as well. She even paid the cashier at Target herself with her own money.. such a big girl! After that we headed over to Outback for some yummy dinner to celebrate P's birthday once again. It was a great day filled with lots of precious memories :)