Celebrating 6!

I really enjoy coming up with lots of little surprises on Clara's birthday to make her feel special all day. I had to get creative this year since she was at school all day. She got to wear her birthday headband to school and got up a little early to go get donuts with Daddy. I also put a special treat in her lunchbox and a birthday card that made an announcement naming her the most beautiful birthday princess in all the land (or something to that effect).

Then I came up to the classroom at the end of the day and brought cookies for her class. She got to stand on her chair while everyone sang the school's rendition of "Happy Birthday" to her. The kids were nuts! They were chasing Robert around, but Robert was scared of a herd of 10 kindergarteners closing in on him. Robert was getting into everything, climbing under the teacher's desk and pulling stuff off of shelves and then I looked around and there were crumbs everywhere! I felt so bad and started trying to clean off the tables. I was glad to finally get out of there.

If you can't tell, Clara loves her teacher.

That night, we let her choose dinner and sure enough she wanted Chinese. We reminded her that there were rolls and muffins she could catch at Potatoe Patch and then threw in the promise of a birthday dessert afterwards, and that was enough to reel her in.

I guess she decided that six year olds cut their own food, so I had to get a picture of the determination on her face as she cut her chicken. Oh, she got to choose any drink she wanted too, which she isn't usually allowed to do, and she chose sweet tea like her Mama.

We snuck in her birthday gifts from family and she got to open them after dinner and then finished the evening off with a bowl of ice cream.

I saved one gift for her and left it on her bed. So after she showered, she got to open her gift from Grandpa and Grandma. It was Kit's nightgown and a matching nightgown for her. She was in heaven! It was the perfect end to a perfectly lovely birthday for my special little girl.