Five Years Old!

We had so much fun celebrating Ali and Logan today! We invited over all the family we have around, which is getting to be a wonderfully large number of people, on Friday night for cake and presents.

I've found sometimes the only way to get a smiley picture is to promise a silly one if they do, and often I like the silly one the best anyway!

Here's the fun group, minus Daddy the cameraman.

Ali has been loving books on CD from the Library lately, so I thought she might think her own CD player was fun. Eli was a complete saint about not getting his own presents to open and having a brother and sister who did not want to share their new loot, so I let him open a present that had some books on CD. The look on his face was priceless; he was thrilled to get a turn. But as soon as Ali realized what the CD player was, she ran right over to a plug and listened to a book, never mind that the party was still in full swing.

And to say that Logan was excited to get the Legos he's been wanting so much would be a huge understatement. Jason and I spent about four hours the next day putting lego rescue vehicles together. Next time maybe I shouldn't get such a big set:) It was fun to know exactly what the kids would love and to be able to give it to them.

After cake and presents Ali wanted to know when we were going to play games, I guess because we played games at their friend party last year. So Uncle JD and Aunt Lianna were good sports and played "Red Light, Green Light," "Tag," and "Mother May I?"

Jason and I are so grateful to be the parents of two wonderful Five Year Olds!