Mallory's Birthday extravaganza

We celebrated Mallory's birthday this weekend with a three day party. D's mom took the kids on Friday night and we painted Mallory's room purple and put her new bedding in, carpet and other decorations. I forgot to actually take pictures of the room before she got in there but when she came home from Mimi's she was very excited and just started jumping on her bed. She said she loved the purple, the "measure chart", her carpet and her new bedding.



On Saturday evening she had her friend birthday party. She invited 5 friends but only 2 of them could come and her cousin came also. So it was a good crowd, the girls all played very well together and enjoyed decorating the bag. She was really cute with her friends and it was nice to see her have her day with her friends.






Our neighbor girl came over and helped with the party and she gave Mallory these stuffed animals. She loved playing with them.

On Sunday we had her family party. She also had a great time at the family party and enjoyed playing with her cousins and seeing her baby cousins. She is happy that she is 5 years old. She kept saying that she would buckle herself in her car seat when she turned 5 and sure enough she now buckles herself in her chair and is very proud of it. It is nice for me since that is one less person I have to buckle in.



I love her face as she is opening her card.

However, the last few days she has had some extra attitude. So I don't know if she is testing her 5 year old self but she has been saying a lot of "no's", Oh, Fine, and not listening to me. She usually does not spend much time in time out but the last few days she has made up for that time. So hopefully this is not a long lasting phase.

Things I am grateful/thankful for:
-Our sweet Mallory
-seeing her happy and loving the birthday attention
-getting everything together without losing my sanity
-fabulous weather for the entire weekend