The Birthday Girl

We had occasion for a pink birthday cake this week.




Amanda turned 5!




Her birthday party consisted of 8 boys....her 4 brothers and their friends from the neighborhood.

Although we have celebrated a few of her birthdays with enough snow on the ground to sled in, this year it was warm enough for her to put on a princess dress and let me take some pictures.

She insisted on wearing her red boots. At first I said no, but figured that it was her birthday pictures and if she wanted red boots, then so be it.

Which resulted in my favorite picture of the group!

Amanda's Day

Yesterday Amanda and I took a little time to play outside. Even though I kept my sweatshirt on much of the time, she felt it was time to break out her "summer clothes." Here is a taste of what she is up to when she's outside.

First some quality time with her Bitty Baby.



Then for a ride on the redneck roller coaster.




Next it's off to throw some rocks into the pond.




Climbing to the top of the logs...



... and then a moment to rest in some leaves.



Time to head over to the trampoline!

Then on over to work on her "King and Queen" castles, being built with real stones.

Finally it was time to come into the house for a shower, lunch and a nap.

However, she napped so well that she didn't go to sleep until 2 o'clock this morning!

Looks like the joke's on me this time!