all about turning 6

Tuesday - Evyn's actual birthday- was pretty low-key. In the morning we finished icing rainbow cupcakes for Evyn's classmates. After school she opened her gifts from us. The clear favorite was the Pillow Pet she named Pandy:


Andrew liked her new bike helmet:








The main event happened on Saturday. Evyn hosted her first-ever "friends" party. We all had a great time!
There were games, prizes, ponies, and cake.



There was dancing.....

.....and crafting

....and silly string....


And, of course, gifts!

6 years old

Happy 6th Birthday to the sweetest, funniest, smartest girl in the whole world.

We love you, Evyn!

in, out, up, down.

UP is better than DOWN. Andrew has entered his "clingy" phase, and does not like me to put him down. He's fine when I'm out of sight.... but if I enter the room, he wants "UP UP UP!"

And of course, IN is much better than out. And Andrew does love to be IN things! No matter how big or small.

Whether it's a plastic basket half his size:


or an empty box rescued by the kids from the garbage:


when he's IN something, he will sit and play quietly for a very long time.



And when he's done being IN,



Big Sister will help him get OUT,



and, sometimes, try it out herself.

Evyn's surprise

Evyn is spending the weekend with her cousin Emily, and Grandma and Grandpa B, at the B's cabin in Centre County. While she was gone we put together a little surprise for her:




Her very own fairy garden!

We've been talking about making a fairy garden, and Evyn was full of idea of things we should add to attract fairies to our yard.

It's not finished yet - Scott and Evyn will be painting a welcome sign, and I have a fairy door being shipped to me from a craftsman in Canada, which will go on the tree trunk. But you get the idea. The fairies have a gazing ball, mushrooms, a pet frog, potted oxalis (fingers crossed that it won't seed!), a windchime, a sitting area, and even a working gate on the front.



I hope she likes it!