Monday, August 12, 2013

Lucy's 5

So exciting to turn 5 this year, though she thought it meant once she had her birthday she'd be going directly to kindergarten.  That was a tough one to explain.
 We started the day with opening the box Grandma sent.  Lucy was so so so excited to get presents that I made the box sit unopened in the living room.  She would have been over the moon to see the actual wrapped gifts.
 Hooray for dress up clothes from Grandma!  Hooray for presents!
Grandma skyped through the opening of her box.  It was almost as good as being here, right?
 Later we met some friends at the pool for toddler time swim with snacks and cupcakes.  From Lucy counterclockwise are Luci and Bowen (preschool friends), Howie and Gus (more preschool friends), Quinn, Jamie, Karrie, and Deacon.  Bowen, Luci, and Deacon belong to Karrie and Howie and Gus belong to Jenny who jumped out of the way as soon as I took out the camera.  Jenny told me she was keeping an eye on Gus as he has "kind of a thing" for Lucy.  She'll be homeschooling them through elementary school and apparently he's afraid about not being able to meet a girl if he doesn't go to school.  I think that is positively hysterical, but I don't have to raise him. 
 We had a great time swimming all afternoon.
 Lucy picked out the most birthday-ish cake our grocery store had.
 And Jamie was confused by his inability to eat an entire piece in one forkful.
 Presents from mom and dad!  We bought Jamie a chainsaw.  He loves it, and spends time every day sawing something around the house.  It was super funny how both with Grandma's box and the gifts we had he immediately recognized the wrapping paper that was his.  I think when we opened Grandma's box he even said "Oooh, cars for Jamie!" 
 Lucy was so excited about everything she got.  This is a purse pet.  Lucy wears it proudly to stores and announces to everyone that although they might think it's a real purse, have no fear, it's just the purse pet.  Not real.
It's so easy to buy her gifts right now.  Someone remind me of this in 10 years, ok?  When she wants a coach purse or a cell phone or something that hasn't been invented that I can't imagine that cost thousands of dollars.

And a video of cake and some gifts:


Lucy's 5th Birthday from Kristin York on Vimeo.

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