My Baby's 5

It's true. My little girl is not so little. On January 14th, Miss Mackenzie turned 5. She met this milestone with some excitement and trepidation. First of all, in her mind, 5 year olds are bigger and stronger which means she can now go two bars on the monkey bars by herself, she can pour her own milk, and she can pick up her little sis. But at the same time, her silly Mom put too much emphasis on the fact that when she's 5 she gets to go to Kindergarten. She's excited but thought that the day she turned 5 she had to "go off to school". She honestly thought we were going to ship her off to boarding school or something. She's worried about missing us. Eeeks. I hope I didn't do this to her. We'll figure it out together.

This week Ryan and I will visit two schools and hopefully decide which one she'll fit into best by registration. Speaking of, registration is Feb. 19th, which seems sooooo early to me.

The whole princess gang at Mackenzie's princess party, minus Sydney who had just run out of the picture.


She's thinking hard about her wish... Want to know what it is? I wish, I wish, that we can all be friends forever. Got to love it!


Here's a front view of Ryan's masterpiece. Every year he comes up with a new creation. At least one of us is artistic!



Towards the end of the night when Mackenzie started to lose her mind. She still takes naps and believe me, she needs them. But on this day, her special day, she convinced me that she'd be fine because she's 5 now. Well, she was well behaved, but a bit more distracted and silly that usual.



The princess wanted to make mini bagel pizzas for her party and I made fruit wands for the little princesses. Here they are at the royal table.