Happy 6th Birthday, Hailey

We can't believe our baby is S-I-X!!!!!!!!  Thankfully, Leevi was home (and off work because of President's Day) for her birthday. (He was home all week and we just said goodbye for the next 6 weeks!!!!!  Although we are pretty sure that he'll be able to sneak away for a night or two every few weeks.)  

We ate a birthday breakfast and opened presents and then took the girls to an indoor water park close by.  We hadn't been before and we were really surprised at how "American-like" it was. 

Birthday breakfast!  I wonder what her wish was....

Present time....she, again, was a great guesser at what her wrapped presents were.  The small gift on the bottom left was a pair of Ariel/Prince Eric earrings which at first glance she guessed "credit card" (she meant gift card) and then said, "it's either that or earrings"  Little turkey!!!

She insisted on wearing her birthday crown from school!

At Miramar waterpark....I only took a few pictures with my iphone because I certainly couldn't walk around with my camera.  They have a big wave pool, hot tubs scattered about (indoor and outdoor), two really fast/high waterslides (Leevi tried them out), and 3 big kid waterslides that both girls went down.  Everytime Kai goes down some super scary slide I am shocked yet then wonder why it surprises me at all.  :)  They really had the heat cranked in there so it was perfectly toasty and again I was surprised (but shouldn't have been) that there were no lifeguards and practically no safety rules...you could go double on the slides, kids were making trains, or crashing intentionally into one another at the bottom.  But everyone was having fun!  :) 

After a few hours at the waterpark we came home and had cake for an afternoon snack.  I hate when they have sugar after dinner before bed, so we opted for early cake with plenty of time to burn off the sugarhigh!

The birthday video.....

Leevi had the day off from work on Tuesday and we picked Kai up from preschool and took cupcakes to Hailey's class during lunch. 

Don't mind Kai's crazy hair and inside out clothes...it's was Silly Sally day at her school (post to come on that!)

Hailey had her birthday party on Friday night and I'm still sorting through pics and videos of that....it was a Spa Sleepover!  :)  Stay tuned......