She's a tough little girl but she also has a huge heart and is very sensitive. She loves staying active and enjoys being surrounded by people. Friends are already so important to her. She's just an amazing little girl and I'm so blessed to be her mother.
The weekend was busy with lots of activities. On Friday we joined some friends at their church camp for the day where the kids got to listen to kids church and then do a craft. On Saturday my father treated us to see The Phantom Of The Opera at a dinner theater near them. My kids love The Phantom ever since they saw the movie on television last year. I hope to be able to afford to take them to see the Broadway version someday but my dad found out there was a show close to him and he wanted to treat us all for her birthday. Both kids loved it. They sat and watched the entire thing. Then my daughter was able to talk to the actress who played Christine.
On Sunday we went to a minor league baseball game. The kids earned free tickets for reading 800 minutes over the summer. It's part of a great program hosted by the library. It was a hot day. Too hot. But we made it through and unfortunately our team lost. My daughter isn't into baseball like my son is.
Then on our daughter's actual birthday we started the day by opening presents. She received some Shopkins and Pokemon cards from big brother and we bought her iCarly DVDs, rocks and an Elsa Dress.
Oh, yes, I said rocks. She has a rock collection. These are those nice, shiny, colorful rocks and my husband found a bunch on eBay. She loves them. She's also been asking for an Elsa dress. All of her friends have one. Now she finally has one too.
We took a trip to Monkey Joe's, which has lots of blow up slides and bounce houses. The kids love it there. Then we took a trip to City Island and rode a train and let the kids go on the carousel. In the evening we went to Chik-fil-a for dinner, which was her request.
I cannot believe this sweetheart of mine is 5! She will be starting kindergarten next week and that has me so emotional. Her first big step to independence. I'm not sure if she's excited about it because she misses being in preschool so much. She will adjust quickly, I know she will. As for me, I'm not so sure.
Happy birthday my darling! I am so proud of you. Life is what you make it ... make it good! I will never stop loving you.
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