Then the Friday before her birthday, Kara had root beer floats with Mrs. Harrell's kindergarten class. She informed us that sometimes parents bring their kid's lunch to school at lunchtime on their birthday...
Kara's choice... Long John Silver's fish and Cheetos. Uncle Todd must be proud!
We told Kara that when she started kindergarten, she could have a birthday party with her friends. We also said she could choose a trip to somewhere like Disneyland or Legoland. And after much consideration, she chose to have a friend party.
The morning of her birthday we are discussing what she should wear for her party and when I suggested a few things, Kara said, "I wear that to school. I can't wear that to my party." So after breakfast we went off in search of appropriate birthday party attire. If this is happening at six, I can only imagine the teenage years!
Kara invited her friends to come and shop at Trinkets and Treasures, which according to Ben, is the best thing in "our little town".
All the kids seemed happy with their treasures and Kara loved playing cashier and ringing 'em up!
After pizza and cake and lots of spilled Skittles on the floor, we headed home having had our first successful kids' party. Kara said it was the best birthday of her whole life... and seeing Jason's excitement when we walked in with balloons reminds me to savor every moment because every moment is precious. And I gotta say, I love the birthday skirt.
