September 2nd Lizzy turned the big FIVE years old! She had asked me a few months ago to make her a birthday outfit (she has confidence in me!)...she was very specific. She wanted a long skirt, I thought it was too long, but it's what the "birthday girl" wanted! She wanted a shirt to match with the number "5" on it so everyone would know she was 5, and she wanted her hair up in a "ball" like a princess! Here she is the day before her birthday in her "birthday outfit"...she doesn't have school on Fridays so we wore it a day early to celebrate at school), she made it clear to everyone that it wasn't her birthday that day that it was "tomorrow, September 2nd"! We decided not to have a birthday party this year because she was able to have one last year and Anna was not (this year is Anna's turn). But I was able to bring cupcakes & balloons to her preschool so we could celebrate there and she was beyond excited!!!My parents came in for the weekend, brought gifts from family back in NC, we took her out to dinner, (her choice was Chili's), she had a great day being 5!
This is what Jody & I got for her, her very own 4ft x 4ft cardboard castle! She's been talking for weeks now about Jody building her a castle & Papa building her a tree house in the backyard (neither is going to happen), so the next best thing is a cardboard castle! She was able to decorate it with stickers, crayons, markers, etc. and it's perfect size for her. It's made out of sturdy recycled cardboard and is still going (not destroyed) as of today :)
I can't believe she is already FIVE years old!!! Looking forward to seeing what the years have for our sweet baby girl!!!
