And then she was six...

Where does the time go?  Kendall turned six years old this month.  She celebrated with three parties.  First, cupcakes at Grandma Karen and Papa Mark's house.  She insisted on passing out the cupcakes to each person.

 

Sidney and Kendall received a karaoke machine for Christmas.  So after Kendall put on her new birthday outfit, they were ready to rock out.

Party number two was a family dinner night at home.  The morning of her birthday, I was in the bathroom helping her do her hair.  She made a suggestion and I said, "you are a very smart girl".  She contemplated things for a minute and replied, "Mom sometimes I think I am just a little bit smarter than you."  I said, "You think so do you?  Something tells me this is only the first of many occasions that you will think that."  She laughed, "Just kidding...not really."  It has begun!

Here is a special "cake" that Kendall refuses to eat and it is still sitting on our dining table.  Grandma Terrell made this out of rice krispie treats.  She is such a talented woman. 

In fact, that morning she totally bailed me out. I had emailed Kendall's teacher to see if it was alright for her to bring treats to school. Many schools are kind of particular about that. She did not email me until 9:30 that night and of course I did not see it until the next morning - after I had dropped the girls off. YIKES! What to do? So I called Terrell scrambling and asked if she would pick up some fruit snacks or cookies or something. She did much better and made some amazing cupcakes with Hershey's kisses on top. Kendall was in heaven. 

Kendall received the checkers game that she has been asking for.

She also got her first razor scooter.  Now she will not have to borrow Judy's anymore.  Judy is our neighbor.  She has a razor scooter at her house for her granddaughter.  Last summer, she would leave it on her porch so Kendall could "borrow" it any time. 

The third party was with her friends.  She chose the cake design and insisted that she decorate it herself.  With guidance from Grandma Terrell, she did a fabulous job.

She is a cake decorator in the making!

What did Sidney do while they were decorating?  She kept asking that I take pictures of her.  So we did a mini photo shoot.   

Let the party begin.  Kendall invited Hannah and Jordyn for the party.  The girls had a great time.  They decorated picture frames, played musical chairs, ate cake and ice cream and generally played very hard for several hours.  There were even a number of tears when it was time to go. 

Giggling with delight and having a great time with her friends.

As I was looking through pictures for this blog, I saw these ones that we took when we all visited my Grandma over Christmas.  She is such an amazing woman.  She is strong, feisty (that must be where I get it) and sharp as a tack!

We had such a nice time visiting with her.  I am so grateful that she has been a part of the girls lives.  She came out for a month after each one of the girls was born and helped me out!

 

Who is Kendall at six?

Beautiful, amazing, artistic, outgoing, talkative, funny and seriously boy crazy!