Turning Six

Our baby girl turned six this past Wednesday. It has been a whirlwind of a week! Clara woke up bright and early on her birthday anticipating all of her presents and the celebrations of the day. She was ecstatic to open a big horse for her Generation Girl doll and some new clothes for her webkinz puppy. Then it was off for a half day of school. I signed her out at noon to take her to a special birthday lunch and then she had a doctor's appointment. Our kids ADORE our pediatrician and it is a huge treat for Clara to get to see her ON her birthday! Dr. Villar does such a grand job of making Clara feel SO special and important on those birthday visits. They exchange gifts. Clara always brings Dr. Villar books for her exam rooms that she no longer reads and Dr. Villar always has a little treat bag for Clara. I could never ever ask for a better pediatrician than the one that we are blessed with now!


We celebrated Clara's birthday officially on Saturday with a party at Bedroxx Bowling. She was SO excited to be there with all of her best little girlfriends. There were 10 little girls total and they all had such a good time. They bowled and cheered one another on. Clara LOVED seeing her picture come up on the screen over and over again. Then we headed into the party room for pizza and hot dogs and cake and ice cream. And of course....presents! Again, Clara was blessed with so many sweet and thoughtful gifts from her friends! She got the cutest new little dance leotard! And a Ken Barbie doll (which she was SO happy about!). And a new webkinz and a really neat storybook making kit. There were polly pockets and dolly clothes and Barbie clothes design sets and cool tote bags. She got another Barbie whose dress flips over and transforms into another fancier dress and she sings all sorts of cool songs. That one was a big hit for sure! There were other goodies too. She was so showered with special things. It really was a fantastic day for her. The only down side of the whole day was that she was not feeling well at all. She was feverish and pumped full of motrin and tylenol. She has been running a fever and had a sore throat and headache since Thursday afternoon. She actually was in urgent care early that morning before her party to make sure that she didn't have strep throat. They said she was not streppy...so that was good. Just viral. And so she just pushed through it. Now it is Sunday morning and she still is not feeling well. Still feverish. Still headachy and still sore throat. Bless her little heart. We just aren't kicking this one too quickly. So we are being VERY quiet and resting today in hopes of being able to return to school tomorrow!





And so...now we are caught up!