June is five! And we partied celebrating this little lady. Five is big year. I don't know why but to me it represents the transition from toddler to child. June is officially a little girl.
We started the night before with special pajamas to sleep in. A family tradition to get new PJ's the night before their birthdays.
That night Dan and I decorated the house and got ready for her birthday the next day.
When everyone woke up we started off with special pancakes with whipped cream and sprinkles.
Daddy got fancy, pulled out the food coloring and starting making all sorts of different pancakes.
All of us got ready and then we took June to school. Dan had the day off so we went to yoga then prepped for June's birthday. Getting the cake and balloons and getting last minute birthday stuff. The day was non stop!
We went and picked June up from school, where they had celebrated her birthday there with Hello Kitty cupcakes that we had brought.
June came home and was welcomed with balloons and her presents. She wanted to open them right then and there!
So thats exactly what we did!
June got StarLily. This magical unicorn that comes to life and learns from their owner. June is in love. I find it a little creepy.
After presents we pulled out her cake. Ice cream cake is what she wanted this year, and then we sang to her.
After we had cake and ice cream we told June what her special birthday plans were for that night. We told her that we got a babysitter for the younger two and that she would have a special night out with just mom and dad. She was so excited!!
We got June a matching outfit with her American girl Doll. She wanted Star Lily in the picture as well.
First we went to the American girl doll store and had Kit's ears pierced. We then went down to the store and let June pick out one outfit for kit.
Once she finally decided on an outfit we headed out and got ready to go get June's ears pierced.
June has been asking to get her ears pierced for a while now, but we have a rule that she had to wait until she turned five, so she could fully understand what was happening. She was so so excited to finally be getting them pierced. She wasn't nervous at all!
Then three two one happened and the left ear got pierced first.
We had tears. The girl piercing her ears did so great though. She gave June a sucker and then quickly moved on to the next ear, not giving June the chance to re-think her decision. Before June knew it, the right ear was pierced.
Daddy instantly made her giggle and it was all smiles from then on.
She loves them. She was excited to pick out what earrings she would wear next once she is able to take out the first pair.
After the mall we headed to June's favorite restaurant. Benihana. She loves watching them cook in front of her.
She also loves using chop sticks. She tried for as long as she could to eat with them. It took her so long for each bite so we finally suggested to use a fork. Haha she would have stayed all night though to use those chopsticks.
We sang "Happy Birthday" to June one more time that night and headed home.
She was out cold when we pulled into the driveway. It was a pretty go go go day. We loved celebrating her turning five though and it was such a special time to just have her be with mom and dad.
That Saturday we celebrated her birthday party with friends. It was so crazy planning this party. I had a pizza place reserved for weeks and then four days before June's birthday party, they called and said that they went out of business the day before. Just like that. No warning, nothing. So I had to scramble and June really wanted it to be at this type of pizza place, so thankfully Chuck E Cheese pulled through for us and we had her party there. It turned out great!!
The kids got to go in the SCREAM booth. Which freaked some kids out, and the rest of us didn't understand. Haha. But they screamed as loud as they could. The louder they screamed the more tickets they got.
I love this picture. June is such a genuine happy child.
We played games to our hearts content and then called it a day for June's birthday.
It was so much fun celebrating with her. I truly love birthdays. I feel children get short changed sometimes because people always say "Your a kid, everyday is a holiday for you" but in reality it's not. They have to share toys, attention, time. They have to do chores, so on and so forth. I whole heartedly agree that those things are important. It's that stuff that makes them not be selfish brats. But I also feel strongly that children need that special "me" moments as well. Birthdays are the perfect way to celebrate just them. I hope I remember that. I hope my children always feel extra special on their birthdays.
One last happy birthday June!
Love you to the moon and back.
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