Today Rebekah is 5. A milestone for her. As one of the youngest in her class, she has been waiting a long time for this moment to arrive. At some point in the night, she crawled in to bed with us and went back to sleep.
At about 5:00 in the morning she said, "Mommy, am I 5?" I replied,"Yes, you are." She then said, "Okay, I'm having a great sleep." And went back to sleep. Apparently, once she'd established the occassion had arrived, all was well.
This morning we took her ornament cupcakes to Kindergarten, to celebrate with her classmates. It took 2 1/2 hours to decorate 18 of them. I'm glad I don't have to do that again anytime soon! But I remember my mom always making really great cakes for my birthday, and I want my kids to have that too, which is why tonight I'll be making a Candyland cake.
Rebekah could hardly wait for cake and presents at home. From school she got to pick a present from the birthday box, and, of course, she picked craft stuff. She loves making crafts more than anything else. She loved the puzzles from granny. We sometimes do puzzles in the evening, now that the girls are getting old enough. Although Chloe mostly destroys them. She also received some books, which we also read in the evening, a Barbie, and some Polly Pockets from my parents, which she's been wanting for about 2 years! Family friends also sent over a gift bag of Disney Princess stuff.
After presents, we had cake. Rebekah blew out all of the candles. Tonight we had a store bought cake with Blackberries and lots of whipcream. Chloe's favourite food group is sugar, so she's pretty excited whenever cake is present, regardless of the occassion.
All-in-all Rebekah had a great day. She's excited to be 5, and she's looking forward to her first party tomorrow.
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