Kaylen is 5 years old!! She woke up this morning, ran into my bedroom, all dressed in new clothes, and declared, "It's my birthday!" She was so excited. All year long she has been looking forward to her birthday, saying that her birthday is soon. I would always say, "It's getting closer." Kaylen's birthday celebration was stretched into week-long fun.
On Kaylen's birthday, we went to lunch at one of her favorite restaurants, Black Bear Diner, with grandpa and grandma. Kaylen went to school, and took some frosted sugar cookies for the class.
While Kaylen was at school, Grandpa and I worked on getting her bedroom ready. This was her main birthday present. I had someone paint 2 walls pink in her bedroom (of course the pink wasn't the best pink, but I tried). Spencer put together some shelving units. Grandpa and me put the shelves together to create an art station with a desk, shelves, and bins for storage.
Kaylen is holding her unopened bulletin board, where she'll be able to display her work
Kaylen talking to Abbie who called to wish her a happy birthday.
Kaylen really wanted to go to Rainforest Cafe, but our time was limited. We had to do fast food, and Kaylen chose Chik-Fil-A. We went on Family Night, so it was like there was a party just for Kaylen. The cow was there, dancing away. There was face painting, coloring, and a balloon maker. The kids had a great time.
On Friday night, we had a little party for her at our house. Kaylen called it a Cousin Party.
The following week, we had enough time, so we went to Rainforest Cafe like Kaylen originally wanted to do. This is the third year in a row that she's wanted to eat there. The funny thing is that she still gets scared when the animals come to life during the jungle rain storm. Colton joined in with her too, needing to be held every 15 minutes, when the "rain" came.
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