Eyla May May

You are 5! How did 5 years go so fast? 

I like to try and get a picture of them right as they are waking up on their birthday.  But she is always so quick and up and making her bed before I am even kind-of awake. 

How old are you??

 

When we asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday she said swimming with…..  then she proceeded to name everyone she knew.  So we opted on just surprising her by taking her to the rec center with close family.   She of course loved it and 4 1/2 hours was not enough, they could have been there all day. 

It was so fun. 

 

When we got home she decorated her cake.

  She picked “angry birds” as her theme.  I know what your thinking, lay off the gaming for that kid.  But seriously we don’t even have a smart device of any kind, no pad, no smartphone.  She became an angry bird lover from playing occasionally of her aunts ipad and our friends tablet.  Funny girl.

Long day swimming=sound asleep that night.

 

 

Since we knew we would be wiped out after swimming on her birthday we planned on doing presents and birthday dinner the next day. She chose homemade chicken noodle soup (I make a mean one) and bread bowls (I rock that too :)).

Then we opened presents the “favorite part of [her] birthday.”  As quoted from her journal that she got from Aunt Char on her birthday. 

Aunt Char gave them all new squirt guns for the pool (so much for me and ruby staying dry) 

And check out Rockwells eye.  I don’t know what happened all the sudden he was rubbing it like crazy and it was all swollen.  We washed it up (and his hands), ice packed it, put some Neosporin in it and by the night it was all better.  But it was random and I get stressed when something happens that I have no idea how or why!

sad huh?

 

 

 

And little Raya. 

This picture reminded me of something she said in the pool last summer.  It was to Perry, he was swimming around and she called him over and said in a sweet soft voice with her hands behind her back, “I have a little somethin’ for ya.”  As he gets closer to receive whatever she has for him bam she pulls out her squirt gun and nails him.  Where did she learn that?  It was hilarious!

 

 

Cake time….

It took her like 5 minutes to blow out her candles.  Haha, bless her little heart.

 

 

 

And since Sunday was Mothers Day and for me it all began with Eyla, I had to snag an old picture of me and her.  I can’t believe that I don’t actually have one of my first mothers day, but she was born on a saturday so this counts within like 12 hours right?

My 1st Mothers Day, 5 years ago.

Mothers Day 2012

Heaven on earth.