Audrey’s 5!

 Audrey’s birthday was so fun.  We started out the day with breakfast and opening presents from the family. Kate’s was first and was the biggest hit. If you’ll notice, Kate’s eyes are closed in the picture.  They are used to closing their eyes while they wait for surprises.  She got Audrey an Ariel umbrella and right after Audrey opened it, Kate grabbed it and said, “Thank you!” in her sweetest voice.  Apparently she’s a little confused on the ”from” vs. the ”for.”

Later in the morning, Audrey had some friends come over for her “Garden Party.”  I know a garden party for a five year old sounds a little nerdy, but let me explain:  For the past six months Audrey has been deciding what kind of cake she was going to have for her birthday and none of them sounded easy.  She would usually ask for things like, Sleeping Beauty or other princesses or Tinkerbell.  Anyway, one day  we were working in the garden and she asked me if I was a gardener and I said, “yes.”  Then, she asked if she was a gardener and I said, “You helped plant the seeds so that makes you a gardener.” Then, she said, “I want a garden cake for my birthday.”  Thinking about how easy a garden cake would be in comparison to Tinkerbell, I encouraged this idea as much as possible.  So, she had a garden themed birthday. 

When Danielle was here, she painted a poster for the kids to play, “Pin the shovel on the gardener.”  Audrey and Kate rocked at this game.  They then played a relay game where they filled up buckets with plastic fruits and veggies.  All the kids ran their hearts out in this game.  They were troopers in the heat. We also had a strawberry piñata that luckily everyone got to hit before it broke.

And of course… the cake.  Last year Audrey was a little candle shy, so Ocean helped her blow the candles out.  This year we encouraged them both to have it be a one person effort and they both did great!

Audrey also got a little kiddie pool for the back yard, so later in the afternoon, she and Kate had some fun in the sun!