I can't even explain what it feels like to have a 6 year old. Ellie started talking about her birthday party months before it came. She planned it with me and we had an absolute blast making it happen. She is my bud. I just love hanging out with her during the day and I love that she gets as excited about birthdays as I do. It's just so weird that it's now here and gone...she's 6. I just want to freeze time. And I can't imagine what I'll be saying or how I'll be feeling when she's entering her senior year of high school. It's just a blink. We have so little time to influence, shape, model, teach, show mercy and grace, talk about Jesus...and the world is SO fighting for her attention too. I see it in Emma, even. She is the biggest girly girl and love loves loves matching her clothes, brushing her hair, and smiling at herself in the mirror. Ha! So cute, but I'm in for it...
Here are a few pics of Ellie's sledding birthday party. It was FREEZING that day but the kids still enjoyed sledding in our backyard for over 45 minutes! They came in, warmed up with some pizza and snacks, and then the girls decorated their own Valentine's Day boxes. We then opened presents and finished with each girl decorating her own snowman cake. Super fun winter party!!
Snowman cake decorating...serious business for El
And then this was our little family birthday party a few days later...more cake of course
Now those are some cute kids...even though Griffin looks like a deer caught in headlights.
Valentines Day cookies!!!
