Wow...what a celebration Amy had turning 5. It started out with human candle lighting at school and chocolate chip cookies to share. It ended by falling fast asleep on the couch from pure exhaustion and a few unforgettable things in-between. It was a birthday that none of will ever forget. I never wanted a baby around the holiday season, but what's fun about Amy's birthday being during the Thanksgiving time is that during the holiday week...it just feels like her birthday.
Something I can't say about any another of our birthdays. The absolute highlight of her birthday is her reaction when she opened up her very own American Girl Doll. She never saw it coming. It was priceless...and I missed filming it.
Fortunately...we have many photos of the event to demonstrate how much she loves her "American
Dirl Goll" No, that isn't a typo...that is what Amy calls her doll. She has switched the D and G around...why I don't now. But, it's just too darn cute to correct.
This is at her birthday celebration at preschool. She gets to wear the birthday vest and a birthday hat. All the kids stand in a circle and Amy walks around and claps her hands in front of each child and they clap their hands above their head and hold it like a candle that is lit. Once everyone is "lit" she blows out each of the "human candles". They sing happy birthday and then Amy passed out her treat of choice...chocolate chip cookies. I scored on that easy treat.
All Amy wanted to for her birthday was to go swimming. So, that is what we did. She invited a small group of friends and we went to Fremont Swim School. It's a small indoor pool in
Livermore. They swam for 1 1/2 hours then we went back home to have cake and presents.
Each of the kids got a swim academy shirt for coming to the party. L to R is Libby, Alice, Madison, AMY, Zion and Matthew (Abby and Jack couldn't come).
Here's the clan at home around Amy's cake Steve made for her. Amy requested a "Fish Cake" because fish swim and it would "match her birthday".
Another master piece from Steve.
I think this birthday dinner requested actually came from Rachel and Alec. Regardless, it was very yummy and Amy loved getting sung to.
Opening of the American Girl Doll...I mean American
Dirl Goll. I will just let the pictures speak for
themselves.
This is at her birthday celebration at preschool. She gets to wear the birthday vest and a birthday hat. All the kids stand in a circle and Amy walks around and claps her hands in front of each child and they clap their hands above their head and hold it like a candle that is lit. Once everyone is "lit" she blows out each of the "human candles". They sing happy birthday and then Amy passed out her treat of choice...chocolate chip cookies. I scored on that easy treat. 
All Amy wanted to for her birthday was to go swimming. So, that is what we did. She invited a small group of friends and we went to Fremont Swim School. It's a small indoor pool in Livermore. They swam for 1 1/2 hours then we went back home to have cake and presents.
Each of the kids got a swim academy shirt for coming to the party. L to R is Libby, Alice, Madison, AMY, Zion and Matthew (Abby and Jack couldn't come).
Another master piece from Steve.
I think this birthday dinner requested actually came from Rachel and Alec. Regardless, it was very yummy and Amy loved getting sung to.
Opening of the American Girl Doll...I mean American Dirl Goll. I will just let the pictures speak for themselves.
Calling Grandma and Grandpa to thank them for the doll. All other gifts (even from her own parents) didn't stand a chance against this one.
At the end of the night...she didn't even last a 10 minutes into the movie before she was off to dreamland.
1 comment:
Oh Amy. Can you be any cuter with your American Dirl Goll. I LOVE it! Can't wait until Christmas morning.
Thanks for the wonderful party. Alice Loved it!
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