Lizzie's Sixth Birthday!

We began our celebrations by decorating Lizzie's room: pink streamers in the doorway and tissue pom poms above her bed. We had a special pancake breakfast complete with a balloon chair and tiara. Liz was really excited about all this, she's only frowning because I'm taking her picture.

At school I let her buy pizza for lunch and brought cupcakes for her classmates.

When she returned from school with her friend, Jordan, for a last minute playdate, we found a surprise gift from Uncle Dan on our doorstep. She loved it.

Later that evening we took her to the Silver Dinner (Laina went to a sitter) for a special birthday dinner. She loved picking music at the at-table juke box and having people sing "Happy Birthday" to her.

The next day we had a birthday party with friends at a local rec center. We ate pizza and cupcakes.Lizzie opened presents and handed out thank you gifts (shower gel with a shaker box thank you card that coordinated with her shaker box invitations). We also made another mixed CD for the kids which is becoming a bit of a tradition.

Then, she and her friends swam in the indoor pool. And Drew, good-naturedly got in the pool to play with the kids. At one point I saw half them hanging off him in some sort of train. Eventually his eyes became so red and sore from the chlorine that his vision was blurred.

Things went well. The only snag was that as we were approaching the party site Andrew and I realized that neither of us had packed a swimsuit so Drew had to race back home to get his and missed the food and presents part.