Shelby's 6th Birthday!

Shelby's birthday fell on a Saturday this year, so we had a day full of family fun planned for her! We of course started off the day with birthday donuts!

Immediately following breakfast, we opened presents wrapped in none other than donut wrapping paper. Thank you, Target!! :)

We got Shelby a few little presents, but her big present was a new bike! Her old bike was waaay too small for her, so this upgrade was well overdue. Hadley was very happy to be the recipient of Shelby's old bike. The girls had so much fun riding their bikes inside the house.

We went to Chuck E. Cheese for Shelby's birthday lunch & let the girls play games. They had a lot of fun, but I didn't get any pictures while we were there. Shortly after we got home, Shelby got a special delivery--flowers & a birthday balloon from Adam!!!

 

The girls didn't eat much at Chuck E. Cheese b/c they were too busy playing, so we had an early dinner. Shelby got her favorite meal of all time, which is referred to as "favorite lunch" b/c that's what I made her every.single.day. for lunch for about 2 years. "Favorite lunch" consists of a peanut butter sandwich, banana, & strawberries. Kids are so easy to please. After dinner, we enjoyed cookie cake!!

 

Derek, Hadley, and Brady stayed home after dinner to watch our beloved Dawgs beat Mizzou while I took Shelby out for a special birthday date to Barnes & Noble. We both have a special place in our hearts for the library & bookstores. She could have stayed there all night.

She picked out two books for Mommy to buy for her, and then she chose to spend some of her birthday money on a new stuffed animal. She was pretty pleased with her new loot!

We just converted Shelby's carseat to a booster seat in the last week or so. It seems so weird to see her with a seatbelt across her chest! It's taking us some getting used to b/c the only time she ever gets in the car is on the weekends now. I always hear other moms at pickup/dropoff talking about their busy after school activities running to Girl Scouts or piano practice or dance, but the ONLY thing on our agenda until at least after Christmas is getting adjusted to our new Kindergarten/preschool routine. Plus we're firm believers in not over scheduling our kids...we all need down time!! We walk Shelby to school in the mornings and then walk her home again in the afternoons. She never sets foot in the car until the weekend rolls around!

We had such a fun day celebrating our big SIX year old! Every night as we're tucking Shelby in bed for bed, I tell her that I'm so thankful for her. And we really are so thankful. We love you, Shelby-girl!!