Happy Birthday to Danielle

I can't believe my "baby" is 5. She has been so excited for her birthday this year. Her party is tomorrow, but we celebrated as a family today.

She chose to visit the farm today. (This is the same farm Tyler's class visited in May and we visited last summer.) We had a nice time. We saw a baby llama (& his momma), piglets, a calf, a couple fawns, and even a couple pea-chicks. Danielle's favorite though? The kittens with the weepy eyes. Once we pulled Danielle away from the kittens in the barn, we saw the other sights and then led the kids around on ponies. Danielle started off on Spongebob (the same pony Tyler rode in May) but got a little spooked when the horse did a full body shake to shoo some flies away. She switched to Cupcake and enjoyed her ride. Tyler rode Snickers. After we were done riding, one of the employees gave the kids a ride around the arena. Before leaving we had to visit the kittens one last time. Danielle was heartbroken when it came time to leave, but we all had a lot of fun.














We're having a butterfly cake at Danielle's party tomorrow, but I felt like she needed something for tonight, so we had cupcakes. (The leftovers will create a caterpillar for tomorrow's party.) After dinner she opened her presents. Her main present this year was a new bike. Yes, it has Barbie's face plastered on it, but it's also covered in butterflies and looks very girly. (Speaking of butterflies, ours were busy trying to make more butterflies today...if you get my meaning.) She loved it (the bike, not the procreating butterflies).







As I was putting her to bed tonight, I reminisced with her about the day she was born and about how beautiful and how tiny she was and how full of love we were for her from the instant she was conceived. She's grown into such a wonderful, beautiful girl. I'm so proud to be her mom.