The Big 5

So my Rylie is 5 years old! Can you believe it? We had Garth's parents over on Sunday to celebrate with us. Jana and Casey and the girls came over a bit later. Rylie wanted to decorate cupcakes for her birthday, so that's what we did.

Her friend party was Wednesday. I knew I would have a hard time entertaining 5 year olds (I don't move around very fast or very well these days) so we rented a bouncer for the party. It was great. Not all the kids who were invited came, so it was a small party and the kids had a great time (at least I hope they did).

They jumped. . .


Made flower leis. . .

Jumped some more. . .

Opened presents. . .

And had cake and ice cream.


Don't you love the mermaid cake! I think she turned out pretty good. It took 2 cake mixes to make her. I have so much left over cake! I think I'll take it to the cabin this weekend. Maybe Garth gets mermaid cake for his birthday too. :-)

We finished off the party with more jumping and then I filled water balloons and they threw them on the driveway to see who could make the biggest splash mark. It was a pretty good party. It went pretty smooth if I do say so myself. Thank you Jana and Becky for helping me out.

After the party we headed over to the studio for the Splits and Donut Club party. The girls had about 3 months to get their splits flat and donuts touching. If they did, they were able to come to the party where they could have a donut, banana split or both, depending on what they did. I plan on posting that on the Dance Technica blog if you want to see a few pictures. It actually turned out pretty good too. They girls were saying that it was fun. So hopfully they were telling the truth and not just trying to make me feel good.

I also wanted to let you all know that Rylie graduated from preschool! She really is growing up. It was the perfect graduation ceremony. It was no longer than 30 minutes. Here are a few pics.

Keeping that hat on was a challenge.


The big graduate. Doesn't she look so grown up?!

There you have it. A quick update for our little family. Taylor has one more week of school before she's done, Rylie has an ear infection, but other wise just happy as can be and Camryn is doing fine. After her adventures in diarrhea, she is back to being the happy, bossy girl we know and love. Garth will be 39 on Sunday (holy crap) and I'm still pregnant. :-( But I guess that's okay cuz I don't have things ready and she really should cook a little longer. I hope everyone is doing well. Happy Memorial Weekend!