Melia's Birthday

Today my baby turned 5! I spent the day making lasungna (a labor of love) and birthday cake and wrapping presents. I took some cupcakes to Melia's class and all the kids were very excited about the big party tomorrow! After the girls got back from school, Sydney and I hid Melia's presents. (a long time family tradition) The hunt for presents is the highlight of a birthday! Appliances are a great place to hide! It took two times looking into the dishwasher for her to find her new Build-a-Bear game for Nintendo DS! lol

I didn't go crazy with the presents because she'll get plenty tomorrow. She was very greatful for what she did get, which is always nice.

When Chris came home we sat down to a nice family meal, the first time in.....um....lets see it's now 2009....well, anyway it's been a long time! I found a few decorations and we all had a nice dinner. We talked about our day and everyone had great manners! An extraordanary dinner experience, I can't get over it!

The girls played with Melia's presents while I got everything ready...

The 'few' decorations...lol

Sydney actually got some time to play around with her dad...look at that smile!

Then we had cake! Chocolate with chocolate frosting! yummm!

With star candles

And we topped it all off with a song. Instead of a picture I took a video clip...(love tecnology!)