We Have A New 6 Year Old!

My little Sweetie Pie is 6!!

I can't believe it.

It's actually hard to say, "She's 6"!

Why does that sound so old?

It means Kindergarten this year.

It means she knows how to ride a bicycle.



And she knows how to roller skate!
(in her pajamas!)

She's learning piano.

She's growing up right before my eyes.  

She learned how to ride a bike this summer

and ever since has wanted a "biking birthday".

OK.

We live on a hill, our driveway is a total hill.

I had no idea how to do a "biking birthday".

Then the Thursday before her birthday,

 (her b-day was Monday, the 24th)

I was sitting in my holy hour with Jesus,

I was not even thinking of this party, but it came to me.

(or Jesus told me, I think)

that we could meet at a parking lot,

she could invite all her friends and we'd bring cupcakes and lemonade.

Flatter me and tell me it looks like a bike tire. OK?

We met at our church parking lot!



Even though it was August, it was pretty darn chilly and really really windy!

Aren't they cute?

So windy, we decided to open gifts in the back of the van!
(I stole this picture from Christine!)

Anyone recognize this little sweet girl?

(she's my goddaughter)

 Christine's beautiful Ava! 

I had a pretty pink table cloth, but it was so windy,

there was no way we could get it to even lay down!

We also had a bunch of these orange cones for games and races, but they just blew away!

That's fine, the kids didn't mind at all!

There's a little playground next to the parking lot, so it worked out perfect!

This is my cousin's cutie pie, Samantha!

(she's a whole year younger than my 6 year old!)

Yes, I said YOUNGER!



We got these cute baskets, water bottles, gum and stickers to decorate it with!

Some bikes it worked on, 

Some, not so much.



All kiddos and any siblings were welcome to play and ride or whatever!

Sidewalk chalk time!

That's a lot of pink!

(the blue girl came later) 

She loved being sung to, look at the JOY, pure JOY on her face!!

And his concentration.

Eating messy cupcakes is serious business.

There's the blue girl!

I have to tell you a story about little Alice here.

She is a year and a half older than my little one here

and when I was pregnant with Sweetie Pie, Alice had the cutest little

head full of ringlet curls.

SO, I prayed for a girl with curls.

Well, she was born with only a little hair

 (my last 2 hardly had any hair compared to the others that had a TON)

She quickly lost her hair and then, around a year, new hair started coming in

CURLY!!

I then, remembered how a year and a half before I prayed for her to have curls,

all because of Alice here! 

Us mamas got to visit!

(Christine and my cousin Kristin)

More mamas....and babies....

Teens got to visit

Simplest party ever.

Meet in a parking lot.

Play.

Eat cupcakes.

Time to put the candles on the bike tire cake!

It's always so much fun to put the candles on! 

Next week, another birthday

and the next week, 2 more!

Fun times!!