Bethany

My preemie 5 lb baby is now a tall energetic 5 year old. I know it sounds cliche, but time marches on so fast once you have kids!

She's had a fun week, with 2 family parties and one friend party. She had a pet shop party and the kids each brought a stuffed pet with them. We leaped on lily pads, had animal races and charades, face painting, "dug" for treasures like dogs, and did animal crafts and ate a puppy dog cake. I think we had 12 kids here and it went really smooth. I must be getting better at this :)

She got her own playdoh icecream shop and a baby alive from our fam. We also took her to a playland and a carousel for her b-day night. Bethany is the little sunshine in our family and always creative and sensitive to others and our best sharer. She started a reading program in Jan and is very proud of herself and excited to be reading just like her big sisters soon.

More fun stuff we've been up to...