Anna is 5!

Anna is 5!  I can't believe she's now kindergarten age.  We celebrated at Mom and Dad's house since we're still homeless.  The day started with Anna opening her presents from Grandma and Grandpa.  She really liked the books.

The rest of the birthday came later.  Anna doesn't like frosting, so I decided to make a cake with lemon curd and blueberries.  It turned out so pretty, but the curd was so sweet that we only had a small slice each.


Steve took Anna to the store a few days before and she picked out two presents there.  He wanted to make sure that she got some things that she really wanted.  First, she picked out a little craft kit with a tiny ceramic piggy bank and a little ceramic purse.  The kit included paints, jewels, stickers, and glitter glue all in blue, purple and pink.  Very Anna.  She also picked out a Disney princess cupcake game.  There are 10 plastic cupcakes that come apart into 4 pieces each.  You take everything apart and then during the game, you see who can put their cupcakes back together first.  She loves it!

I got her a little wooden knitting nancy and a book with instructions to make different things from the resulting knitted tubes.  I also embroidered a canvas bag with a picture of books and the words "I <3 books!".  The next day I took her to the library to get her very own library card.




Nana and Pop got her her very own umbrella.  Better yet, it had Princess Sophia all over it.  An umbrella is the perfect present for a new resident of Washington state.

Anna is such a happy, fun girl.  She loves people and always wants to make them happy.  Princesses are her thing.  She likes to dress up, play games, and watch princess cartoons.  Though she does have a little bit of a temper, she usually wakes up with a smile and a hug.  We love having her and her elf smile in our home.