Lauren's Birthday!!

Lauren is 6!! So hard to believe. She is our helper, always wanting to help with everything.  She is competitive, friendly, super active, inquisitive  & very loving little girl!  She is loving school, although she believes is ready for 1st grade right now.  She is working hard on her reading & is getting very good.  The last few weeks she has received a special sticker in library for great behavior & is quite proud of that.  But even better, there's a little boy in her class that has struggled all year with behavior & keeping up with the class.  She came home a couple of weeks ago & was so excited because he had also received a special sticker in library.  She was super excited & told me, "Mom, I was just so proud of him!"  I loved it.  She's our sweet girl!

 She was so excited for her birthday.  She prayed everynight for about 2 weeks before that she would have a great birthday!  Although she's not having her friend party for another week, we did have a little party with  just our family. She also had a friend that had a party on Lauren's birthday so she did get to go to a party!  Sticking with tradition, she got to choose the menu for her birthday dinner, which consisted of Hawaiin Haystacks, finger jello & french bread!!  I love that it's so simple, yet they are so excited about their dinner.  Big score for Mom!!

She had pretty specifically requested a rainbow cake for her birthday, so I oblidged.  The layer cake was bit time consuming, but turned out pretty fun!! She loved it.  I always wonder why birthdays are so much work but then when you see their reaction, it's definately worth the time & effort!!

 

Legos from Grandma & Grandpa

So much excitement for an electric toothbrush!

 

She's all about LaLaLoopsy these days!

The girls & the cake

The inside!

I dont' have a picture but she also got a gift card from her Grandma & Grandpa Polson for Target.  She eventually (after an hour of deliberations) picked out her beloved LaLaLoopsy Mermaid. 

It was funny to watch her have to angonize over how to spend her gift card, but we had some great conversation about making choices & I think she did a great job in the end!