Katie’s Turned 7!

Katie was so, so excited for her birthday this year.  She had her birthday meals all picked out weeks in advance and talked about ideas of fun things we could do to celebrate (her birthday fell on the Friday of Spring Break).  She and I went out a few days before and redeemed her birthday coupons at Red Robin and Cold Stone. 

She fully expected that she’d wake up on her birthday and find her room decorated.  She must think it was decorated last year, but it was actually two years ago that the girls decorated her room while she was sleeping.  It didn’t take much to convince Carly to spend a few minutes putting up some streamers and balloons the night before.  Katie loved it.

She gobbled up her birthday cinnamon roll for breakfast and excitedly opened up her package from Grandma & Val.

A CTR ring from her primary teacher

Justin had the day off so we decided we head out on a day trip and try to squeeze in a few special things to help Katie feel celebrated.  Including ice cream before lunch and she was the only one to get a shake at Chick-fil-A at the end of the day.  I made her birthday dinner the next week (her favorite – chicken, carrots, and rice – just like last year) and apparently double ice cream on her birthday was enough to make her forget that there wasn’t an actual birthday cake this year. 

We went over to Justin’s parents on Easter and Katie got a fun package of goodies from Grandma & Grandpa Fletcher – including more birthday money!

I’d been looking through old pictures earlier in the week and seeing my kiddos as babies and toddlers sure tugged on my heart.  As much as I love seeing them learn and grow into the people they are there are certainly times I miss these younger days.

Happy Birthday Katie!