Happy birthday to my sweet girl, Lauren. She is now five years old! She got up on her birthday and wanted to know where her new shoes were because now she is five and none of her stuff will fit her because she is so much older :) Love her! Her class at school threw her a party and she got to wear a crown all day. Granddad asked her if she was a princess and she said, "no, I am the queen." Ha!
I got to see her for part of her skating class at school.
Regan and Benjamin having been working on their science projects this week. We will watch the volcanoes erupt next week :) more pictures to come
Regan and Benjamin are doing great in their Taekwando class! Their teacher let them make up the classes that they missed while we were gone. So, this past Saturday they had a 3 hour class. I thought they would come home exhausted. They were tired, but they had so much fun! They were just hungry.
Lauren is preparing all the candy bags for her classmates. Her teachers said she could bring wrapped candy to celebrate her birthday....33 kids! That's a lot of 4 and 5 year olds!
This is one of Lauren's new friends. Her grandmother got the day mixed up for the birthday party and came a day early. We were ALL in our pj's and reading bedtime stories when she arrived with her parents (party hat and all). She came in and played for about an hour and then went home. The kids love late night surprise guests...it means they get to stay up late!
These three made a birthday banner for Lauren and hung it up. It was completely their idea and they all contributed.
The birthday girl and the first wave of party goers. I thought the others just couldn't come but people kept showing up after the party was "over" so they had yet another late night! :)
Lauren really wanted a Hello Kitty party. The main cake was chocolate and the cupcakes were yellow cake with cherry icing.
And this is what the boys do while she is opening her presents. Feng Xu Xian is Lauren's best friend from school. He came home with her and they had so much fun playing together...he also had fun playing with Benjamin ;)
The last of the party visitors :) I had managed to get half the kids into pj's
Ayi giving good night hugs before she goes home.
