Number 5!

Della turned 5!
The last time I will have a 5 year old.
I find myself saying that frequently with every "lasts" since she is my baby!

Time is a crazy thing.
But I'll be honest, I love watching them grow and us moving out of the toddler 
phase is kind of exhilarating! 

So much more we can do as a family and everyone capable of keeping up. 

Plus, I can run errands and have Lindi babysit. Life. Changing. 

This year is an on year for birthday parties.
I took advantage of her being home during the afternoon and planned it while

everyone else was at school.

Which meant she invited her preschool friends and some cousins
who are also still at home during the day. 

Lucky for Della, the morning of her party she had a field trip at Mother Natures Farm!

We party prepped before we left. 

She picked a MERMAID party.

Her cake turned out DARLING!

Walmart for the win!

Her preschool class

This may be the fattest pig I've ever seen!
Made sense, Thanksgiving was around the corner. 
Sorry, Wilbur!

We left a little early so we could grab pizza before everyone started to arrive.

All of her friends.

Kinsley, Dean, Joe, Brad, Della, Landon, Tanner, Scarlett.

They colored while they ate lunch.

Played pin the tail on the mermaid. 

I locked them in the backyard for freeze tag while I cleaned up and put together the next game.
Funny how after 30 seconds everyone needs a drink or has to pee!

Bean bag toss

Spoiled with lots of gifts.

We sang to the birthday girl!

The next day was her actual birthday.
She had dance class!

Here she is blushing while they sang Happy Birthday to her.

Birthday pictures in her cute new outfit from Tanner

She picked QT for her bday lunch

And had lots of visitors wishing her a happy birthday!

We went to Applebees for her dinner and invited Grammy to go with us.

Bummer I don't have a picture of that.

And she got a new trick scooter!!

 

Last Day at CA Adventure

As close as we could get to any characters!

Back at the carousel.
Notice the tears?
It was like she knew this was her only choice and tried so hard to be
happy about it. 

Bubble wand also did the trick to cheer her up!

Lanes long hair flowing in the wind, ha!

I finally got my hands on a monte cristo sandwich!

My dogs were barking by the end of the night.
I had no shame and plopped my booty in the stroller, lol!
Casey insisted I stayed in and he pushed me all the way out of the park!
Bless him.

We had so much fun with these cousins!

We all ate at Tortilla Joes in downtown Disney together.

Rusty was not letting me forget he still had not picked out a souvenir.

So as we walked passed the Disney store on our way to the hotel, I told him to run in and
grab something really quick.

Minutes kept ticking by,  I had no idea where Casey went.

So we all went in to find him.

What. a. ZOO  it was inside!

It's pushing 11 o'clock, who is shopping at his hour?!
Oh wait, we are the idiots shopping super late, lol!

Della was DONE.

She did not want to be held, or go in the stroller.

Nope. She decided she was going to squat on the dirty, corona virus

infested floor. 

And crawled her way through the checkout line.

It was the most miserable shopping experience of my life.

Just super grateful it was all for the sake of Rusty getting a pair of socks
and pin for his backpack.

You are welcome, bud. 

After sleeping it off, we casually loaded the car back up.

Found a yummy brunch place, Huckleberries, and headed home.

Best part about it, school was the next day:)

 

It was a grand time!
Glad it is open again.

But for SURE I will not be returning to Disneyland during any type of break or 
while it is decorated for the holidays.