Happy Fifth Birthday, Emma!

Wow! Five years old already!! Emma has had a great Birthday today! She chose all the food we ate all day: Baked oatmeal for Breakfast, Noodles with red sauce and cooked carrots for lunch, and Swedish meatballs and rolls and peas for dinner. We are having a little party for Emma on Saturday with some friends, so I hadn't planned on making a cake today, but Kenneth thought I should, so I whipped some up to have after lunch. I know what you all are going to say. . .didn't I learn my lesson last time?! But, before you think that know that I had at least made these before and knew we really liked them. I made cupcakes with avocado and cauliflower puree in the frosting. They were fantastic! (Unlike the cake I made for Arianna with the beet puree in it. At least she liked it!) Emma requested purple frosting. Someday I will learn how to not make it look so gray. Emma asked for a notebook and sunglasses for her Birthday, so that is what she got. She was delighted! Here are some pictures and a video of the day:

Opening her present this morning.

One very happy little girl!

Where did she get that pose?!

Enjoying her cupcake!

Here is her notebook. I took a regular notebook and designed a cover for it.

She has already written this much! I haven't talked to her about journaling, so I am not sure where she got the idea, but I think it is great! I taught her to write the date and she asks us how to spell all the words, but she came up with it all and wrote it herself. In case you can't read it I will quote it here:
"I have special sunglasses. They are not made to play with or they will break. And what I am writing in is my new notebook. I found it in my Birthday present. I went to Target yesterday and I went to the park. Am five years old. I went outside to check on my roly-poly but it was dead. I stay outside for a couple more minutes and we ate snack outside then I came inside. My mom has a notebook that is a cook book."

And here is her Birthday interview:

How old are you today?
5

What is your favorite animal?
a kitten

What is your favorite color?
purple

What is your favorite food?
Swedish meatballs

What is your favorite treat?
a jelly bean

What is your favorite book?
In the Piney Woods (we just read it for the first time last night)

What do you want to be when you grow up?
A mommy

Who loves you the most?
Jesus

What is your favorite time of the day?
Going to the Park

Who is your best friend?
Natalie

What is your favorite activity, or thing to do?
Read my brother books

What is your favorite song?
Scripture Power

If you could choose to go anywhere, where would you choose to go?
To that fun place with the dragons and you can play a little game, you shoot the ball and see if it will go in the little hole. (The miniature golf course close to our house)

What kind of cake did you choose for your Birthday?
A dragonfly one with raspberry flavor and blue frosting.

And finally, for your viewing pleasure, the video of singing Happy Birthday! We love you, Emma!