april 17th

Tuesday morning could not come soon enough for this little girl. We had a countdown chain hanging in her room and with the last ring hanging the night before she went to bed knowing she would be 5 in the morning. The next morning I went in to wake her up and it was like she had turned into a teenager. She wanted to snuggle, but had no desire to get out of bed.

With all the excitement, Morgan couldn't help but think she was entitled to presents too. Addison was a sweet sister and let her help open some of them.

Keeping with tradition, Michael and I decorated the playroom the night before. This is the aftermath of the present opening.

Addison's teachers do a great job of making each kid feel special on their birthday. They get a birthday hat, a prize from the birthday box and a ride in the birthday bike. We decided to have Chick-fil-a lunch and cookie cake for the entire class.

They were sweet enough to let Morgan come over to the class for all the festivities. This was great until we had to leave. She was really clingy and cried for awhile, but I heard that she slept good during nap.

Publix made the biggest cookie cake I've ever seen. It was a little bigger than I had ordered which worked out great since all of the kids were thrilled to see a cookie that big.

My big five year old. I love that she was so happy.