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To start her birthday, we enjoyed birthday waffles.

She was so proud of her crown from school and wore it all day.  Laurie has been begging to learn to play an instument, so we thought we'd start with piano.  The keyboard with all it's fun options has been a great starter.

 She's measuring in at 3'11", good grief, she's getting big!

 We gave her a few options for her party this year and she chose a Valentine theme.   We started off decorating Valentine cards.  We've got some real talented little artists that spent the entire party diligently working on their cards.

 Anna Fair and Anna Claire.  I love little sisters.  

 We were so lucky to have a beautiful day and enjoyed moving the party outside.  

 Laurie was so sweet flitting from friend to friend.  She was glad to see everyone and enjoy her day with all her buddies.

 Then we moved inside to decorate our own cupcakes and sing happy birthday to Laurie.

 One delusional mother said, you sure were smart to have your party on the same day as red day at school!  Yeah, that was just a very lucky coincidence, nothing I ever do is that well planned out.  But they sure do all look precious in their coordinating red.

 For party favors, we filled up cups with candy and handed out valentines necklaces before sending everyone home.

 And made short work of tearing into all our gifts.  Happy birthday, sweet girl!

Laurie Turns Six

Or "Momma Cries A Lot"

 When on earth did this baby:

 Turn in to this1 year old:

 Then this 2 year old:

 Or this 3 year old:

 And this 4 year old:

 Then this 5 year old:

 And most recently this 6 year old:

I don't recall giving her permission to do it.  I still kind of thought of the 5 year old as my baby.  But 6, that sounds old.  That sounds like a kid.  Though in truth, she's always been so independent, with such a strong willed mind of her own, she hasn't been my baby in a long time.  

I made an agreement with her sister, she would never grow up, stay my baby forever and live with me always.  Then she reneged on our deal and told me she wanted to grow up, but would go back to being a baby later.  Now, she's completely betrayed me and says she's not a baby at all.  

If it weren't for the last one, I'd be completely inconsolable.   I'm hanging all my hopes on this little fella.  But I'm afraid this pesky growing thing is catching.

You'd think if they were going to all get old and leave me the least they could do is get a job.

Happy Birthday, Laurie.

Valentine party

Cousin Bette Fair is such a gem. We had a blast with the cousins at her party today.