It feels like we've celebrated her birthday for four days, but really just yesterday and today were specifically planned for Miss Nadia. We went to DelGrosso's on Saturday because Word Girl was there not because it was almost her birthday, and every year our church's annual Family Fun Festival always takes place on a Sunday afternoon right around her birthday. On Sunday afternoon Nadia wore the "Birthday Girl" shirt that Gabby and Alexis gave her last month. Oliver stayed home with Paul. The kids enjoyed the air ball t-ball and the big bounce thing. It was the first time Ian enjoyed something like that. Nadia has enjoyed it for several years. They both improved greatly in their batting skills. I was asked to participate in the Bible trivia game, but I couldn't do that while watching Nadia and Ian.
Nadia had planned her birthday menu several weeks ago. Nadia, Ian, Oliver, and I enjoyed chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and grilled cheese sandwiches and brownies for lunch. Nadia opened most of the presents before breakfast. Her favorite gifts that morning were the princess costumes and Little Mermaid 2 dvd that we gave her. After breakfast the kids watched the movie, and then Nadia did some watercolor painting (a gift from us) and some scratch off princess papers (from my parents). Ian did one of the puzzles my mom had gotten Nadia. We also started to play a game of Trouble (another gift), and the kids had fun playing with the Blokus tiles (another gift) although they didn't actually play the game yet. Paul's mom and Shawn showed up around 2:30, and we headed to the pool a few minutes later. We arrived at 2:50, but we weren't able to get in until 4:30 because it was thundering and no one can get in the pool until 30 minutes after the last thunder. If it hadn't been her birthday, we would have just gone home, but we stuck it out and stayed at the pool until 7:00pm. Paul's dad and Paul showed up a little after 5pm with pizza. We ate the pizza on a picnic table with princess plates, cups, and napkins. Nadia opened her presents from Grandma and Pop Pop before we left, and right before bed she had her birthday dessert (chocolate peanut butter ice cream). It was the first time in her life she had some chocolate at all three meals!
Today we left the house around 9am and drove to Lancaster. We met Paul's parents, my parents, and Paul's grandmother at Friendly's for a birthday lunch and her birthday cake (compliments of Aunt Millie) and then we headed to Sight and Sound to see Noah. Nadia opened presents today from Gram and Aunt Millie and Uncle Al. We arrived home around 7pm in part because we made two quick stops on the way home. One of the stops was at a department store so I could buy myself a new bottom for my bathing suit as mine was in truly pitiful shape. Since Paul was with us, I took advantage of being able to go into a dressing room and try something on. If it hadn't been such a long day, I would have
loved to do some more clothes shopping. I think that Nadia had a wonderful birthday, and I am glad we don't have anything special planned for the next few days as I am pooped. The special things on the schedule thus far for next month are MUCH closer to home (such as fireworks on the 4th of July). As I said a few days ago, I took too many pictures the past two days to include them all in this post. More to come later this week! I still can't believe my little girl is FIVE years old. My oh my.
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Oliver enjoyed Nadia's birthday lunch!
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It feels like we've celebrated her birthday for four days, but really just yesterday and today were specifically planned for Miss Nadia. We went to DelGrosso's on Saturday because Word Girl was there not because it was almost her birthday, and every year our church's annual Family Fun Festival always takes place on a Sunday afternoon right around her birthday. On Sunday afternoon Nadia wore the "Birthday Girl" shirt that Gabby and Alexis gave her last month. Oliver stayed home with Paul. The kids enjoyed the air ball t-ball and the big bounce thing. It was the first time Ian enjoyed something like that. Nadia has enjoyed it for several years. They both improved greatly in their batting skills. I was asked to participate in the Bible trivia game, but I couldn't do that while watching Nadia and Ian. 
Nadia had planned her birthday menu several weeks ago. Nadia, Ian, Oliver, and I enjoyed chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and grilled cheese sandwiches and brownies for lunch. Nadia opened most of the presents before breakfast. Her favorite gifts that morning were the princess costumes and Little Mermaid 2 dvd that we gave her. After breakfast the kids watched the movie, and then Nadia did some watercolor painting (a gift from us) and some scratch off princess papers (from my parents). Ian did one of the puzzles my mom had gotten Nadia. We also started to play a game of Trouble (another gift), and the kids had fun playing with the Blokus tiles (another gift) although they didn't actually play the game yet. Paul's mom and Shawn showed up around 2:30, and we headed to the pool a few minutes later. We arrived at 2:50, but we weren't able to get in until 4:30 because it was thundering and no one can get in the pool until 30 minutes after the last thunder. If it hadn't been her birthday, we would have just gone home, but we stuck it out and stayed at the pool until 7:00pm. Paul's dad and Paul showed up a little after 5pm with pizza. We ate the pizza on a picnic table with princess plates, cups, and napkins. Nadia opened her presents from Grandma and Pop Pop before we left, and right before bed she had her birthday dessert (chocolate peanut butter ice cream). It was the first time in her life she had some chocolate at all three meals!
Today we left the house around 9am and drove to Lancaster. We met Paul's parents, my parents, and Paul's grandmother at Friendly's for a birthday lunch and her birthday cake (compliments of Aunt Millie) and then we headed to Sight and Sound to see Noah. Nadia opened presents today from Gram and Aunt Millie and Uncle Al. We arrived home around 7pm in part because we made two quick stops on the way home. One of the stops was at a department store so I could buy myself a new bottom for my bathing suit as mine was in truly pitiful shape. Since Paul was with us, I took advantage of being able to go into a dressing room and try something on. If it hadn't been such a long day, I would have loved to do some more clothes shopping. I think that Nadia had a wonderful birthday, and I am glad we don't have anything special planned for the next few days as I am pooped. The special things on the schedule thus far for next month are MUCH closer to home (such as fireworks on the 4th of July). As I said a few days ago, I took too many pictures the past two days to include them all in this post. More to come later this week! I still can't believe my little girl is FIVE years old. My oh my.
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