Rainbows!

Happy 5th Birthday Hannah! 

My monkey bug, Lady bug, bug, hurricane. . . 

5 whole years since we became a family of 3!

Today we had a small party to celebrate her turning 5. We are so thankful for the family and friends that love our kiddos nearly as much as we do and joined us for some kiddo fun today!

Here are some highlights of our day. 

Goody buckets for the kiddos

Goody buckets had crayons, stickers, bubbles, playdough, and the older kiddos had a sucker- everything colorful!

Buckets lined up!

Crafts prepped, though in the end we only did 2 of them. 

Cakes- Rainbows, and Hannah requested butterflies, so one cake had butterflies on it. 

Rainbow theme continued, veggie tray

Fruit tray.

Hannah, Brenna and Jonathan making their fruity cheerio necklaces!

Every notice that a lot of the photos I take are blurry? Well that's because she is almost always moving, here is yet another one, but she's smiling and having fun!

Glueing colored pastas to make rainbows- turned out awesome!

Inside of the cake- YUP- it's rainbow, how did you guess? Easy peasy, take a white cake box recipe, seperate into separate containers, add food coloring, layer in the cake pan and back per box instructions- TADA!

Addison, enjoying some cake! NUMMY!

Presents- Lots of brightly colored, spring/summer clothing! Art supplies and books were a big part of the gifts too!

Addison getting in there to help- somewhere in there is Hannah. You can see the back of Cleo's head in this one too. 

On lookers while Hannah opens colorful clothing!

More presents. 

Colorful clothes!

The gift that stole the show- Hannah got a Leap Pad. She was super excited about this gift. Though I am not one that really believes in electronics for children, I have come to see how there are some games/electronics that have some learning value. So Hannah received a Leap Pad from Jason and I, along with a math game and a reading/spelling game. 

Overall it was a wonderful birthday with some special treats along the way- Shopping just Hannah and Mommy for balloons and a few other misc this morning, PB and Sprinkle pancakes, Pizza at home for dinner, Game night with the parents, and a nice long story and song time at bed time. 

The last 5 years have been one adventure that's for sure. Though it's been hard at times, we love Hannah, very, very much. She is growing so quick and we are trying as parents to grow with her. We feel very blessed to have Hannah in our life. If you haven't spent much time with Hannah recently, you are missing out- she's super smart, imaginative, creative, tells wonderful stories, loves arts and crafts, stories, is inquisitive, and a wonderful helper. 

Love, J.