Abby's Birthday

Abby turned six years old on Saturday.  We had a great time celebrating her birthday as a family.  She chose Kangaroo Zoo for her birthday activity.  We went on Thursday morning to avoid the crowds.  It worked out great.  The kids bounced and slid and played hide-and-seek.  Abby made a boyfriend.  There was a little boy there who was visiting from California and he followed Abby around everywhere she went.  If he couldn’t find her for a minute, he would come over and ask me and Nate where she was.  It was pretty funny.

We didn’t do anything fancy on Saturday, but Abby had a great day.  She got to open her presents in the morning since it wasn’t a school day.  We gave her a new camera (since hers broke last month), a Perplexus maze ball (a huge hit with the other kids; hopefully Abby will get a chance to try it out soon), The Adventures of Frog and Toad book, some cute socks, and a little lip gloss and nail polish set.  She got a polka dot fish Webkinz from her brother and sisters and an Animal Search puzzle from Aunt Jody.  Grandma Reatha gave her a dolphin Pillow Pet and penguin Dream Lite (her favorite gifts of the day), and Grandpa and Grandma Nelson gave her the Lego Friends City Park Café.

Since it was the day before Easter, the kids colored eggs in the afternoon.  We tried out a new technique I had seen on Pinterest for ombre eggs.  Some colors worked better than others, but it was fun to try something new.

Abby originally requested BBQ chicken for dinner.  I was feeling too lazy to cook, so I suggested Arby’s instead.  Luckily she was a big fan of that plan.  We came home and watched Rise of the Guardians while I put curlers in the girls’ hair and then had strawberry-rhubarb pie for dessert.  Abby had never tasted strawberry-rhubarb pie, but when Ben took one to school for pi day she insisted that was what she wanted for her birthday treat.  Turns out, she doesn’t love rhubarb.  Oh well. 

While were eating our pie and ice cream, we took turns saying things we love about Abby.  Everyone was in agreement that her best trait is that she gets super excited over little things; her face lights up and she does the cutest little giggle.  It is fun to have an easy to please kid.  She was also voted the best self-entertainer.  She can play all by herself for hours and never get bored.  We sure love our Abby and are so glad that she is part of our family!