Kherington's 5th Birthday!

I can't believe that 5 years ago Ryan was supposed to be walking down the aisle at graduation and instead we were at the hospital having a baby.

Kherington is an awesome little girl.

For weeks she had been talking about having her pink Frosted Mini Wheats for breakfast in bed.  She ended up not wanting to eat in bed (later that day, I found the full bowl of cereal so really she didn't want to eat period).  She did want to open presents though.  She opened up a hair stylist costume in the morning.

We headed to the Y in the morning.  She was a little sad the normal desk person wasn't there to tell her how beautiful she was.  Child care sang happy birthday to her and gave her a paper bracelet so she was back to her happy self by the time I picked her up.

She got to choose one friend to join us for a picnic at the park and ice cream.  We ate and played for about 45 minutes when I saw kids streaming out of the elementary school across the road.  At first I thought it was a fire drill or something.  About 100 kid and a couple teachers walked to the cross walk, crossed the street, then flooded the rec center playground.  I couldn't believe it.  Elementary schools have their own playground!  Playing at the park with lines 5-10 deep to swing or slide isn't so much fun so we left and headed for ice cream.  Baskin Robbins was having their scoopfest deal so I let each kid choose two scoops.  Kherington was excited about that...but then decided on 2 scoops of strawberry instead of trying a different flavor.

Ryan came home early from work and we headed off to our surprise activity.  Kherington has been trying to guess what I had planned for a week or so.  We went to the Nickelcade!  The kids both loved it (Kevin had a little meltdown when we finished up all the nickels...he kept banging on the change machine saying he needed more money).  Kherington's favorite game was the spider stopin.  It didn't hand out many tickets but it was fun.  At the end they both traded in their tickets for prizes.

Next up was dinner.  Kherington had gone back and forth deciding what she wanted but on the way out to the car said she wanted McDonalds.  I might have given her a hard time then she changed to Pappasitos. I felt really bad (although half price fajitas are way better than McDonalds) and tried to have her change back to McDonalds, but she said she wanted the 'tortialla place' since they might sing to her.  They didn't end up singing happy birthday, but did bring out a brownie Sunday complete with a candle for her to blow out (they brought one for Kevin too).

When we got home, Kherington and Kevin frosted Kherington's cake.  I completely forgot to put decoration on it aside from candles (the next morning Kherington was sad we forgot to put strawberry shortcake and a princess toy on top...maybe next year).

We had cake and finished opening up her presents and cards.  She got a pink ballerina watch and a coupon book from mom and dad and picked out some super cute pink flats from the Croc store from Grandma Glover (then told me wrap them up so she could unwrap them on her birthday).  She also loved that everyone that sent cards put them in pink envelopes.

I am always taking the pictures so there are very few pictures with my kids.  I asked Ryan to take a picture of me and my birthday girl and when I downloaded them found that Kherington's face was blocked by a teddy bear in some and you could see up my skirt in others.  I was pretty annoyed that he didn't say anything when he was taking the pictures.  Anyways, I got Kherington to take a couple more with me.

Birthday Interview (by Kherington)
The thing I'm best at is: Singing
If I could change my name, it would be: Rosie
Favorite color: PINK
Favorite toy: princesses
When I grow up I want to be: A princess
I like to take these to bed with me at night: Teddies (Bruce)
Favorite book: Princesses
Favorite movie: Ariel (Little Mermaid)
Favorite season of the year: Winter
Favorite food:  Soup (blueberry or tomato or carrot)
Favorite treat: Chocolate Chip Cookies or Pumpkin Cookie
Favorite animal: Flamingo
Favorite sport: Ballet and soccer
Best friend: Jenna
Favorite holiday:Valentines Day
Favorite thing I did last year: Disneyland!