celebrating heidi

 Last night we got to celebrate Heidi's birthday! She had the BEST day at school.  She got a birthday sticker, a birthday hat, a birthday pencil, and a book from her "best teachers ever".  She was on cloud nine when she got home.  She apparently also invited her friend Georgia over to celebrate. Apparently she told her the name of our street and that we live in a white house that has a bird on the side of it.  So funny.

Jeff came home a little bit early (4:30) to be with his birthday girl.  We had her requested dinner of spaghetti and then she was ready to open presents.  She got clothes, a dance leotard with a tutu, a gift card from Grandma H., some new books, and a new bike helmet.

We also got her a pedal bike. Our plan was to have it in the back of the van and then go to the lake and surprise her with it there but it was raining.  So Jeff and Savanna put it on the porch while she was putting on her helmet.

 I kept her distracted and then told her we were going to go see if she was big enough for a bike her friend gave her (she probably won't be for at least 3 more years).  Jeff sat on the porch dinging the bell on her new bike.  She kept saying, "Whats that noise?  What is that noise??"

 She was pretty thrilled when she went outside and saw the source.  She had tried this bike before and we told her we weren't going to get it so she was quite thrilled to see it again.

 Everyone wanted a chance to sit on it.  Caimbree looked pretty cute on it and screamed bloody murder when we took her off.  She just wants to be one of the big girls!

 Heidi is still super nervous on bikes, especially in our neighborhood with the steep hills but she gave it a try and we are going to a flat area tonight so she can really get used to it.

Then we celebrated with the ladybug cake the birthday girl requested.  It wasn't quite how I envisioned it, but she was pretty pleased with it so I suppose that's all that matters.  She was disappointed to wake up today and realize it was no longer her birthday.  I reminded her that it will be here faster than we think it will.  Plus she got to take her gift card and choose her present from grandma and that made her so very happy.  She has been busy playing with her new lego kit and dressing the barbie doll she always wanted all afternoon.  I think it's safe to say five was a fun birthday to celebrate!