Maia turned five years old on Friday. This astounds me because I always think of her as so tiny with a little mousy voice. But she is growing quickly. This summer Maia decided that she wanted to wear dresses almost exclusively. Fortunately, we have a lot of dresses for her to wear. We have seen this very girly side of her for a while now and I think it's here to stay. Maia loves shoes, to do her nails, and bows in her hair. It is not hard for me to imagine that she will be the girl who is a killer on the field (because she actually is quite athletic) and comes out of the locker room dressed to the nines. Maia can be very determined to get what she wants, but she is very gracious and quick to share her things with her sisters. On several occasions, Eowyn has messed up, broken or in someway ruined something of Maia's (even brand new) and she has responded in love and without complaint. What an evidence of grace!! Maia will be in school full days this year--a clear sign that she's growing up. We are quickly moving into a new season of life. Our family is so blessed to have Maia. Thank you Lord for giving her to us.
This year was special because Maia got to have her first "friends party." Our plan (at least for now) is beginning at 5 the girls can have a "friends party" every other year. So about a week prior we planned out her party. Maia knew exactly what she wanted and didn't hesitate to lay out the menu and guest list. We invited five friends--four of whom were able to attend. The party was on Friday. For breakfast we had chocolate glazed donuts. Our friends came over at 11am. We played some games, ate chicken nuggets, fries, ridge chips, grapes and soda for lunch. We had a pink heart cake and rainbow sherbet. She was blessed to receive some fun gifts from her friends--very fancy hair bows, new art supplies, and a fun bouncing ball that you sit on. The girls left about 1:30, and we were able to relax before dinner. Maia's birthday dinner was barbecued pork chops, mashed potatoes, plums and biscuits. Everyone loved it.
Saturday our family came over again at 11. It was a wonderful time visiting with everyone. Even her cousins were able to come. We had some heavy hors d'oeuvers for lunch. This time we had an aquarium cake and raspberry sherbet. Then Maia opened her gifts. She got more nail polish and make up, some art supplies, a wooden box that comprised several games (very cool), money (very exciting!) and the big finale was to get her ears pierced--which didn't actually happen until today (Monday). This little outing was very exciting actually. Maia has been asking to do this for a while. So we went to the mall this morning with my mom and got haircuts-- something everyone was eager to do, then got Maia's ears pierced after lunch. She has a really high pain tolerance and didn't even flinch or take in a breath. I didn't even realize it was over. So she is very happy and we had another wonderful day celebrating Maia's birthday.
Concerning the pictures L-R: Little party girls; Maia and Kaleigh; Maia and Lily; Maia and Lydia; Maia and Natalie; blowing out the candles; all the cousins; more hairbows!
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