Happy Birthday!

Today was Evy's 6th birthday.  I still cannot believe that my "baby" is now six years old.  According to her, it was "the best birthday ever" which makes me very happy.

We didn't do a whole ton, but we all made sure to make her day very special.  She opened up her presents, including some very sweet hand-made presents by her sisters.  The angel key chain, our family in paper dolls, and a mini-book on all the things a girl should do on her birthday were her favorite gifts.  She also quite enjoyed the birthday calls from friends and family, although she is not much of a phone talker.  When I asked her why, she said, "I'm just a little bit nervous about being six."

On birthdays at our house, the birthday kid/adult gets to pick what they want for dinner.  As Catholics, we don't eat meat on Fridays (this is common during Lent, but we actually abstain from meat on all Fridays for the most part) so her choices were a little bit limited.  She ended up choosing Belgian waffles with fresh strawberries and whipped cream.  They even had root beer to drink, which any kind of carbonated drink is a HUGE treat in our house.

We also usually make our own birthday cakes, but she wanted a "store cake, no offense" (her words) so we got her a bakery cake, and added some decorations.  The colors were pink, purple, and green, perfect for a six year old princess.

After cake and ice cream (chocolate chip cookie dough, no less) we had a nail painting night.  One of the girls has a nail painting design book, so the girls all chose the ones they wanted and we went through processes of painting and drying (Nick was in charge of the drying station) for the entirety of the evening.  We ended up with zebra print, yin-yang, flowers and vines, and fireworks (which ended up looking more like roses and leaves).  Very festive nails in our house.

And now, everyone is tucked into bed and all is quiet.  I suspect a big part of it is the sugar crash from all of the sweet treats tonight.

Even though it was a low key kind of birthday, I am so glad that my little princess had a wonderful day.  I am so incredibly thankful for my family, and for the time that we spend together having fun and making awesome memories.