Because her birthday was on a Saturday and she is now a schoolgirl we needed to celebrate with her class on Friday. This seemed very stressful to me as I made 5 dozen cookies the night before and worked on getting all the gear in the car the next day, but it all turned out great and I left that class a glowing success. I read the kids a short story called the Birthday Zoo and then gave them all Ginger Crinkles (one of Hannah's favorites--she isn't big on chocolate) and apple juice. The kids enjoyed the story and everyone adored the cookies so I could relax and enjoy Hannah's happiness--I did forget to have the teacher take our picture, though.
Then to add to the confusion, her birthday was General Conference weekend. And not just any Conference weekend, but the weekend my sister's fiancee and in-laws-to-be were coming so they could finalize all their plans and parents could get to know one another. Mom really helped with this one so it wasn't extremely stressful in the planning stage, but fitting in pizza and a couple presents in between the first two sessions and cake and pie and the rest of the presents between the afternoon and priesthood sessions (add in extra people, wedding planning, Paul's 5th and 6th grade football game and an overly excited little birthday girl and it is amazing that we made it through!)
Now, owing to the fact that her birthday was during conference I am now obligated (as she sees it) to plan a final party for her and a few friends this coming Friday after school. I almost made it for Thursday after school but remembered that that is MY birthday and didn't think that I needed to ruin my day with that stress (Funny how I can't hardly remember my own birthday anymore). I can't wait until we can finally just be glad she is six and stop celebrating!
