Kyleigh's birthday

Our special 5 year old! We sure love our Kyleigh. With the beautiful smile, and great laugh - she is so much fun to be around. We have learned this year through preschool that Kyleigh is really good at building things (thankfully she inherited her Dad's skill there - not mine!). She loves doing crafts, especially if it involves jewelry. She has more jewelry than any child I've ever met - and she religiously puts some piece of it on each day. Kyleigh loves to help someone pick out their clothes - she is our Diva. I love her gentle side - the soft cuddly side of Kyleigh. She is a real treasure in our family! With Kyleigh's requested meal. Homemade hamburgers, french fries and corn on the cob.

Opening her present from Eden - a pair of Hello Kitty flip-flops. Eden was so excited to give them to her. I love that about Eden. I love that Kyleigh is such a princess - check out her fancy hair - done by Raylene. In Kyleigh's world - that's pretty awesome! Blowin out the candles.

We love hanging out with Raylene! So - Kyleigh loves Minnie Mouse ever since our trip to Disneyland in April. She wanted a Minnie Mouse party - which mostly we didn't do, as we were scheduled for a gymnastics party already. However, she was pretty pleased with these cupcakes. And if I do say so myself - I think they turned out pretty cute.

At the gymnastics party with all 18 children. Crazy. Yup that's me. But I can't stand leaving people out. Anyway - this was pretty fun and great that the kids could have fun on the gymnastics equipment. Sorry the pictures are a little blurry - I was having technical difficulties!Pretty brave girl!

With all of her friends. So fun!

I love the expression on her face. This is why parents invest so much time and effort in planning a party. We love our children to feel how special they really are.

Enjoying her Minnie Mouse cup cake. She's our chocolate girl!