As of tomorrow, my baby girl will be 5! It is completely incredible to me that 5 years have flown by so quickly, but also, they have, and today we celebrated Nahla's 5th birthday princess style!
Despite being dressed when friends arrived, all of the kids quickly changed clothes into costumes!
They took a short rest to have some snacks...
but were right back at playing dress up!
Adam make his special macaroni for lunch, at Nahla's request
And then it was time for presents. She is one spoiled little girl!
Despite needing nothing, and mommy hoping that Barbies will never come in our house, Grandma had to buy her a barbie...correction, "It's a Rapunzel doll!!"...in the exact form of Barbie!! That't what Grandmas are for right? Giving kids all the cool stuff that moms don't like!
She was overwhelmed with excitement and gratitude!
Then it was time for cake. I started the tradition of making my kids cupcakes for their birthdays when Nahla turned one. I enjoy making them, and have found all sorts of ways to colour and flavour icing without using food colouring.
Well, this year, Nahla wanted a 5 cake instead of cupcakes, and her favourite colours are pink, purple and green, so I got lazy. Instead of trying to perfect each of the colours, I bought the store-bough icing colour/flavour mixes. Well...she got her pink, purple and green cake, but it smelled like a combo of mint, raspberry and bubble gum, and tasted like chemical! Complete fail! Next year, I return to doing it my way!....With that said, Nahla was happy!
A very Happy birthday to my incredible little girl!
As I look at the time, this is almost exactly the time, 5 years ago, that my water broke, and I headed in to hospital for the last time as a child-less person. It has been a ride of a lifetime, and I look forward to every minute of the future. I just hope it doesn't go too quickly!
