Party Girl

February passed and we began our countdown for Katelee's birthday. Actually, I am pretty sure Katelee started asking me how far away until her birthday months and months ago. Literally, we had to review how many hours, minutes, even seconds before she would go to sleep at night. Finally, her day arrived and she let everyone know it was her special day and she was the birthday girl. Katelee chose to go to this big warehouse with inflatable slides and bounce houses, yet again for her birthday activity, opting out of a friend party. She loved every minute of it, took Brenna on all the slides, she and Grant made a new friend who was 'so cool,' she told me. Then, she picked our restaurant for dinner. Her favorite cuisine happens to be sold at "Old McDonald's," so we honored the birthday girl's request. Well, the kids did, Dave and I picked up take out somewhere else! On St. Patty's Day, her actual birthday, we had family over for her umbrella cake, ice cream, presents and Just Dance. Gotta love having a birthday on a fun holiday! Doesn't Dave look so thrilled to be wearing his party hat? He just loves themed parties with goofy accessories! She got Just Dance 2, a sleeping bag, squeenkies, an outfit, but she told the doctor today her favorite gift was lip gloss. She loved her sleeping bag, and promptly put it to use sliding super fast down our steep stairs...the doctor was not impressed when she told him that at her checkup today! As luck would have it, Katelee had "always wanted" all of her gifts and was "always hoping for them." So, it was fabulous. Katelee continues to be our adorable goof ball full of emotions. We have recently begun documenting how often she cries and the reason for the burst of tears. She was consulted in this endeavor and at times it has helped halt the sobs, other times she stops mid cry and has said, "are you going to have to write this down?!" One morning, I walked down the stairs and she said, "Um, there's something you are going to want to write down." She then told me she cried because no one was downstairs with her. Our darling 5 year old has lost it over one of Brenna's toys breaking, because Katelee was worried Brenna would be sad (but B couldn't care less). She sobbed when Grant came home from school and announced to me that his partner in class took apart their leprechaun trap, Katelee couldn't handle that because she "really wanted Grant to catch a leprechaun." The causes of crying are numerous and unique! We get a kick out of her and are always laughing. Love our Leprechaun lady!