celebrating heidi

 We had a great time celebrating Heidi's special day!  She was so happy and excited the whole day. She was thrilled that she got to go to school.  It was pouring rain in the morning so I let her open one of her presents a little early...a Frozen umbrella.  She has been asking for an umbrella for a long time and she was so incredibly excited.  She kept practicing how to open and close it until we left and proudly carried it as we hiked up the hill to her school.  It was so cute.

I decided to surprise her and show up to eat lunch with her.  Savanna was so funny and said, "Well, are you sure she wants us to come?"  She was so worried Heidi would rather be eating with her friends.  When Heidi saw us there with Subway, she was happy and Savanna and Caimbree kept hugging her and telling her "happy birthday".  When we were walking out, Savanna kept saying, "But I miss Heidi.  I don't want to go."  It has been such a hard adjustment for all of us to have her gone all day!

 We picked Heidi up from school and then started getting ready to go over to a friend's house who had invited us to swim.  She got to open her presents before we left and was so thrilled with everything. She kept thanking us and telling us how happy she was.  Savanna and Caimbree were so cute watching her and were just as excited.  She got a bead kit from Grandma H and she kept telling the girls she would make them bracelets and that she would share her stuff.  So sweet.

We headed over to our friend's house for a bbq and swim evening!  She was so excited to share her cake with some of her favorite friends.  I didn't get any pictures of her actual cake...it was a rectangle cake with purple flowers and she decorated it just how she wanted with My Little Ponies.  We reenacted the cake with a few cupcakes, but she used different ponies to decorate the second time around.  We didn't get home until really late but she had fun listening to a few birthday messages left for her on my phone and phone apps.  This morning she could not wait to try out her new jumprope, read her new Cobblestreet Cousins books, sketch outfits in her fashion artbook,and make bead bracelets and necklaces for her sisters!

I am still having a hard time wrapping my head around having a 6 year old, but we are so glad we have this one!  She is such a special girl and we had the best time celebrating all things Heidi!  We love you, Heidi!!