My Little 5 Year Old

Emma is 5 already!  How the time flies!  She turned 5 last Tuesday, and yes I am just getting to the post now on Sunday night.  Here goes:

Emma wanted the big castle slide again this year.  She asks frequently if we can bring it home, but it is so much work that we only do it for her birthday, so she was pretty excited about it this year.  Since it won't fit in our backyard, my parents were kind enough to let us use their backyard.  Thus, we decided to just to a cousin party this year.  It was pretty low key.  We just had the slide and then we brought the snow cone machine from the rental center as well.  That was a big hit and all the kids were running around with blue lips!  Emma had a GREAT time and that was the best part.  Thanks to everyone who came!  Here are some pics:

The kids had a lot of fun on the slide and surprisingly did not seem to get board with it.

I made a birthday present cake this year as it was easier than the castle slide that I made last year.  Fortunately Emma liked the cake this year, even though it wasn't as exciting as last year's cake.  The other kids seemed to enjoy it too, but they were most excited about the snow cones.  Notice Emma's blue lips in the middle picture.

Emma was really excited about opening her presents this year, probably because she had been to her cousins party the week before and got excited there.  She was really excited about the presents she got.  Thanks again for bringing them.

Emma had a great time and it was fun to see her having fun!  She is such a sweet little princess.  She is getting so helpful lately.  She is so excited to have a little sister, and I know that she will be a big help with this next little one.  We love her sweetness and her gentleness.  She is such a good little girl and we are so grateful she is ours!