Em is six! Company for the holiday...

So Emily is six years old. Wow. Somebody told me the other day I didn't look old enough to have a six year old. That was nice, and weird to think that I'm old enough to have someone be surprised at how old my kids are. It's a complicated emotion. Anyway, she wanted a butterfly cake, since for her last birthday she had a caterpillar cake. She's logical like that. It's nowhere near professional, but she was happy with it. Cake decorating is not my forte. Give me paper and pencil anyday. It's a lot more controllable. At least she was happy with it, and the candy cane antennae were her idea.

Her favorite present: a webkin horse that she has now named "Jane." Don't ask me why, I don't know. But she loves it. Thanks Aunt Laura and Uncle Jason! We even had a vague idea of what the heck a webkin was.

The second favorite gift: a charm necklace from Grandma Karen, with different charms. She wears it all the time and loves accessorizing with it so it matches her outfit each day. At least I have one kid with a sense of color coordination... G&G also got her some giant fuzzy posters to color, and she thought that was pretty cool.

This picture is in here because it makes me laugh. Kimmie wanted to give Emily a gift, and her big idea was that she wanted to give Em toothpaste. It makes me laugh because it's Kimmie that hates mint toothpaste (too spicy) and wanted the kids bubblegum stuff again, not Emily. No ulterior motives here....

I didn't post the pictures of the gifts from G&G Butler, since they got to see them opened in person. I hope that's okay. It's so fun to be able to share birthdays with family. Still a bit of a novelty for me. I also didn't post the pictures of the stuff we got her: new Dora work gloves so she can help in the yard (she asked for them!), and new pajamas--purple, of course.

For Thanksgiving my sister Melissa and her husband Ammon (sorry, I have no idea how to put the accent over the o, but it's there in spirit) came out from Utah. They were good sports as we went down to John's parents and had the feast at a place where they didn't know anyone. I think they had fun playing football and soccer and ultimate anyway. It's a good thing they like games, because I think that's about all they did all three days they were here. The kids wouldn't give them a moment's peace and were climbing all over them and begging to be spun or thrown or chased or piggy-backed or read to or played with every single second. They even shared the pirate pinata they had from Ammon's bday with the kids, and cemented their place in the kids' hearts by providing something they could whack with a big stick and get candy out of. Thanks for being patient, guys, I'm sure you were exhausted by the time you left and I hope you had as much fun as we did. Thanks for coming!!