Happy Birthday Kaitlyn!!

Guess who just turned 6??? My "BABY" Kaitlyn!!What an exciting day it was!! Daddy stayed home from work and per her request went and had lunch with her at school. It was the last day of school before a long Easter weekend and so there was a fun egg hunt with the Kindergartners. Mom also sent a plastic egg filled with M&M's for each child in her class! What a treat!While she was at school these two really pitched in to help Mom make Kaitlyn's requested Birthday treat: Chocolate cake with PINK frosting!

Later that evening we enjoyed a favorite meal of Poppy Seed Chicken (YUM!) and then we had Grandma and Grandpa Lewis come over with Uncle Ben, Aunt Summer and cousin Ellie for a present unwrapping and cake and ice cream!Kaitlyn loved her presents! She got a razor scooter and a new PINK helmet, some sponge curlers for her hair, a new outfit (pictured here without the leggings) from Grandma and Grandpa McKneely, a purse and jewlery from her cousins, a new purple church skirt that Aunt Summer made for her, and 3 outfits for her Corolle doll that she has just fallen in love with from Grandma and Grandpa Lewis.

Then it was time for the cake:******

Then the next day, since it was a school holiday we had her special birthday activity.

(sidenote: now that I have 4 children, and the proximity of their birthdays to each other--3 in a 3 week period--I am in no way able to do birthday parties with friends every year, we do the BIG birthdays like 5,8 & 12. So instead of a party we try and have a "special birthday activity" that sometimes is with one or two friends)

Now, Kaitlyn true to her girlish ways LOVES to have her toes painted and is very good about reminding me when they need to be done because the old polish has worn off. But I've been the one to always do her toes and I thought it fun to let her have a REAL LIVE PEDICURE so I found a simple little place that would paint some toes and she invited her best friend from school!

First we went to one of Kaitlyn's favorite places: Yogurtville! A local self serve frozen yogurt place. Kaitlyn got Cookies and Cream ice cream with Animal Cookies (the pink and white ones with colored balls on them)!And her friend loved her treat too!

Then it was off to Zenity Spa for the nail pampering! I was a bit surprised because Kaitlyn, my total pink girl, chose a dark PURPLE with glitter for her toes. And her friend who prefers purple chose PINK!?!? Go figure!Here she is getting pretty:

We had a great day!! And I was really super grateful to her little friend's mom who took care of Sam and Lindsey while I took the baby and was able to make this outing possible and successful!!