Happy Birthday, Nikki!

On Saturday we had Nikki's 5th birthday party. She has grown into such a cute girl. We love her so much. She wanted a castle cake, and she's lucky it had been 3 years since I had made it or I might have remembered how much work it took. It started to fall over to the side, so Nate propped it up with a spoon and the dictionary. Whew! We decided that made it like the cake the green fairy made on Sleeping Beauty that she had to prop up with the broom. =) At least Nikki was pleased. She also wanted to go swimming, and the girls found red and pink balloons, so I don't know what kind of theme that made her party, but it was fun.
Lydia, Emma, Nikki, Lexi, Hannah, and Jennifer (our neighbor). Brenna, Jay, & Eliza skipped out on the picture. We sure have great cousins!

Her birthday was actually yesterday, on Mother's Day. She was born on Mother's Day as well. The first baby born in the hospital that morning. It was fun for her and I to share a special day together yesterday. Usually she is so hard to wake up in the mornings, but Nate whispered in her ear that he had a present for her and she got right up. He had gotten her a Tinkerbell nightgown because he wanted her to have something to open on her actual birthday. She loved it. For supper she wanted omelettos, which are like crepes with syrup, but Nate knows I don't really care for those for supper. So he made me supper first and then made omelettos for the girls. (He had asked me what I wanted him to do for me for the day, but I feel bad asking him to do more than he already does. He really is wonderful to us all.) Nikki gave me tons of hugs, and I thought it was really sweet that she didn't mind sharing the day with me. Hannah made us both lots of notes and cards. It was a really great day.