Anya

So my first baby is now 5- how did that happen? It feels like just yesterday that I took that HPT and saw the second line pop up immediately. Of course, I can't imagine life without her, and I can almost remember life before her. As I look at Lorelei, it's just so amazing to remember all the phases that Anya has gone through since she was that small.

Her friend party was on the weekend of thanksgiving and was lots of fun! It was at a plaster painting place so all the kids picked out a piece to paint first. Anya loved being the center of attention and seemed to enjoy being surrounded by her friends from Colleen's, school and home! Baz joined in as well and painted about half of his cement truck.

After that, the party moved to the back where the kids ate pizza, danced the hokey pokey and limbo, and did facepainting and tattoos. Anya stuck with a butterfly this year, avoiding her fiasco of the skeleton face from last year.

Because these parties are so short, the kids take the prezzies home to open them and what a sight that is! It's like Christmas morning, but only one kids gets the gifts. Anya was quite gracious and allowed Baz and Isabella to help her. I had the hard job in writing down what each kid gave her so we could do thank you notes.