~FIVE~

On April 14th, my little girl turned FIVE!  

I can't believe I have a five year old!  She is so precious to me and I can't imagine what life would be like without her!  It was kind of a rough week for me, I was feeling kinda sad that she has grown up so fast!  I was fighting back the tears a few times on her birthday as I thought about her life and how much joy she has brought into mine.  It seems like just yesterday I was holding her in my arms for the very first time.
How can she be five!?

She is one sweet, sassy, and smart little girl!

She is very loving and tenderhearted.  She loves preschool and dance.  

Nate and I have been working on teaching her to read, add and subtract.  It makes me smile when she comes up to one of us and asks if she can do some homework!  

Some of her favorite things to do are:  play with her babies, do mommy's hair, dress up, play barbies, color, draw, play with her friends, sing, and dance.

The big 5 year old!

I woke up bright and early on her birthday to make cupcakes for her to take to preschool.  She had requested some butterfly cupcakes we saw online one day, so I did my best.

Here is what we got...

Then we headed out to Osborne park to meet up with Brynlee's best friend Lauren, and Susan, Leanne and Owen.  We played and had lunch.

Brynlee and Lauren! 

 These two have been the best of friends pretty much from the moment we moved to Sandusky!

After the park, it was time for preschool.  

Here is Brynlee at preschool with her butterfly cupcakes!

I didn't plan a big party for Brynlee this year.  I figure every other year is plenty!  So we just invited a few close friends over to help us sing happy birthday and eat cake!

Brynlee wanted a barbie cake.  We saw one at walmart one day and that's what she wanted.  I thought it would be simple enough to make, the cake part wasn't so bad, but frosting the barbie was a bit trickier than I thought it would be.  After all those butterflies, I was burnt out, so this is what we got...

Brynlee thought she was beautiful!  Me-not so much, but Brynlee was happy and that's what matters!

Here, everyone is singing to her...I'm lovin the candles coming out the side of the barbie!

Then, we finish singing, and Gracen swoops in and steals Brynlee's thunder...

Sneaky little guy!  He was on those candles so fast, we didn't have time to stop him!  I wish I would have had the video camera going, the look on Brynlee's face was priceless!  Her little jaw just dropped!  Poor girl!

Gracen L.O.V.E.S birthdays, didn't realize it was Brynlee's special day, and was a little sad when we got after him about it.  He ran straight to his room, Nate went and got him and explained it was okay, but it's Brynlee's birthday.

So we lit the candles, held Gracen back, and let Brynlee give it one more shot!

Seriously couldn't stop laughing about Gracen blowing out those candles though!  Too funny!

All of the kids (except Owen, he didn't want to squeeze in there)

Worn out little girl getting a bedtime story!

Love these two kids!

Brynlee trying out one of her gifts.  She actually fell asleep with that thing on!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYNLEE!

Thanks to everyone who joined us in celebration of this little girl's birthday...for the calls, cards, gifts, and birthday wishes!