Hip, hip hooray!
She is still small, but is definitely her own little person. She is creative and spunky, loves to laugh and play.
We started with pancakes and ice cream. She was excited to help.
She reminded me about opening her cards - one from Grammy and Gaffa and one from Sister Rodriguez. Her sisters had fun helping her.
The kids enjoyed hanging out in the morning, while Kevin and I drove around looking at 5 properties we were interested in seeing. After lunch, everyone was excited to go swimming. Usually we have our friend's pool all to ourselves but his year some other friends decided to join us. It made for a lot more people to hang out with. They even sang to Domonique - and she became very shy with all the attention! I got in the water and played with Camdilyn, who really enjoyed it and became much more comfortable with the water and jumping in from the side! (Unfortunately, I didn't think about taking pictures until near the end so this is all we get, which doesn't show how brave all my little kids are and how well they are doing at swimming.)
We went home for a wonderful dinner of sweet and sour chicken with rice. It's one of our favorites - especially since I buy the already breaded popcorn chicken and so it's super easy!
Grandma and Grandpa Nichols brought the cake and a present for the party. I think we may have over done the presents a bit but a few were from siblings.
She had some troubles blowing out the candles,
so Kevin helped direct the air.
Present from Marissa...
Notebook in a case.
New skill to learn and something fun to do.
Books to help her keep learning to read.
A big, stand up doll.
Sandals, obviously not that excited about them, but she was.
Wreck It Ralph. She likes that one!
Huge bag of sour patch kids, she was so excited!
New shirt and shorts.
(I'll need to adjust the shorts around the waist.)
Present from Kemiah.
Several different pictures.
First present from Emily.
Bead necklace that you can't see.
Second present from Emily.
Handmade doll.
(Dom made it slap her in the face.)
Grandma and Grandpa Nichols present.
Giant art set - exactly what she wanted!
Big surprise and my favorite....
Stuffed elephant - yes, she actually asked for that.
It is so soft!
Cake and ice cream!
Had a great day! Then we waited up until it was time for the fireworks. Actually, Kevin and Ben had to go take down flags for the Scouts, so we waited for them. We were a bit late to the show but enjoyed the lights and bangs. Camdilyn sat in my lap and kept wrapping my arms around her to keep her safe. There was a pause and she said, "All done!" Then more went off. It wasn't the best show but we were happy to enjoy them. (Later I found out that something had gone wrong so they couldn't set off the finale. Too bad.) We made it home, and went to bed very late! What a sweet day and a fun girl to celebrate!
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