This cute girl turned 5 last Saturday! It's bitter sweet to have these kids growing up. I'm happy for them to experience new things and be a little more independent and so sad to have them getting closer to being "really" big!
Alissa decided she wanted to invite her 4 friends from Joy School last year to Blast Off for her birthday so she and I made some cute rocket invitations for her to deliver. We counted down the days in her fashion - tomorrow will be tomorrow after tomorrow, today is tomorrow after tomorrow, tomorrow is your birthday. :)
Grandma Debbie took her for almost the whole day on Friday to go Birthday shopping. When they got home she had a new bike with a fancy little bell on it. My favorite was the pictures she brought home from her and grandma in the photo booth though. Priceless. She is so lucky to have such a good grandma to spend that time with her.
The morning of her birthday was no new thing as she acted grumpy at all the surprises we had waiting for her. Every birthday since we have moved into our house we have crepe paper streamers hanging from the birthday girls door and the kitchen area decorated with wrapped presents sitting on them. She hates being center of attention (when she doesn't initiate it) and especially hates surprises so this is the face I got all morning long. I don't take it personally and it still doesn't stop me from surprising her. :)
She requested egg sandwich for breakfast which is her new favorite.
She had lots of good visitors.
Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Jeff came by and Grandma and Grandpa Bateman too. Thankfully by that point her frowny face had turned around.
Grandma Carol brought over a coin collection which is her traditional gift the past few years and some super cute cupcakes sent from Aunt Johnna, who Alissa shares her birthday with. There was the perfect amount for her birthday party so I didn't even have to make a cake!! More evidence that the Lord is looking out for me. We put a candle in all the kids cake and let them blow them out.
I could see why she invited this group of kids, they had a blast together and laughed and played all 3 hours. We had cake and presents at our house and then took them all to Blast Off to run around in the play area for about 2.5 hours. Alissa was in heaven with the situation.
She is particularly fond of this one - Parker. She got a little embarrassed when her dad was quizzing her about him as they held hands walking around for a minute. She didn't let that happen again. Poor girl has no chance with this protective daddy. :) ha!
After all the kids went home we took Alissa to Jaliscos where she wanted to have her favorite beans. It was quite shocking to me that she didn't want to leave until they had sang to her and she wore the sombrero. Sadly right before they came out she decided she had to poo and I could see them coming so I told her to hang on just a second. She says that's why she was mad, she wanted to go poo first. :) Poor kid, right.
Alissa had her 5 year old well check and Kindergarten shots and had grown 2" and 6 lbs in the last year!
She weighs: 38 lbs and is 42" tall
There are a lot of things we have learned about Alissa this year.
#1 She is the most stubborn of all our kids. You can't really make her do anything and she will make sure you know that. You must convince her to do everything. This tests our patience quite a bit but teaches us too.
#2 She love pancakes, egg sandwiches (egg, ham and cheese on toast or english muffin), sausage on a stick, ramen noodles and would be happy to live on that selection. Of course with her candy in between.
#3 She is a little gymnast. She has been taking gymnastics and has a knack for flexibility and coordination. She has developed quite a lot of confidence this year in taking that class.
#4 She loves her mama. She will always take the opportunity to go with me to the store or wherever else I am going and will allow her to go with me. If her dad is staying home the other 2 will volunteer to stay and she always asks to go. ALWAYS.
#5 She has terribly hot feet and cannot stand to wear socks or shoes for that matter. She hates having anything on her feet, even her covers at night. You will often find her little toes hanging out the side of the covers having some fresh air. :) She wears her boots and other shoes with no socks and all of her shoes stink so bad! It generally takes 1-2 minutes of sitting down before her shoes come off, no matter where we are.
#6 She loves the microphone and will sing and talk in the microphone all day long as long as she doesn't have an adult audience. Sometimes she will be in the mood to have me listen, but most of the time she is content to do it with her friends or all alone.
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