Lucy is 5!!

We sure love this girl to pieces. I still can't believe she is 5!!!

We were lucky to have Hilary and Dennen pass through on Lucy's birthday and join in on the celebration. She had a friend party a few days later so we didn't do anything crazy. The day was fun though, we went to Little Caesars and got a pizza and went to this awesome park by our house called Preston's Hope Playground. We ate our pizza at the park and then played for hours. Then Hilary and Dennen showed up and we went out to dinner at one of Lucy's favorite restaurants, Old Carolina. They have amazing bbq there. After we made a stop at Giant Eagle for some donuts, also one of Lucy's favorite things, and brought them home to make a donut cake so she could blow her five candles out. Easiest cake ever and everyone was happy!

She got a new bike! She loves how fast she can go on it. Hilary and Dennen were so cute, they brought her a bunch of fun little presents to open (including that wild headband she's sporting) and that awesome tye dye birthday balloon. Those Fraziers are kind of the best. How spesh was it that Lucy's godparents were there on her birthday. :)

I think she was happy with her day.

And then a few days later came the Hamster party. Yup, no type error there, she requested a Hamster party with all of her friends from preschool and neighbors. We had it at her favorite park, Horseshoe Park. It wasn't anything fancy (I just didn't have the energy, it was the busiest week ever!!) but the kids seemed like they were having a good time. I love how easy to please kids are.

This girl was pretty excited about the Ham Ham cakes.

 Being sung to...

 And we have success! Blew out all the candles her first try. Woohoo!!



Then she opened her presents.

The kids played and the adults chatted. It turned out to be a perfect day. The kids also made their own hamsters out of pom poms and I painted the kids faces like hamsters or whatever they wanted. Lucy thought it was "the best party ever!" Yay! I'm glad she loved it. And it was a fun surprise to have Amber Wood and her kids out visiting so they could come to the party too. It's so fun seeing old friends!
Then later after we cleaned up and went home, our neighbors had a grand idea to go to Chagrin Falls for the evening. We ate dinner and then caravanned up. They took us on the scenic route, which was gorgeous!! It's been raining a lot here so everything is so so green. It was just beautiful.
We went down by the falls and snapped some pics of the kids. The girls just love their BFF Caleb.

We walked along the river and visited the scene of the crime where my mom fell in the river. So sad but so funny. It wouldn't be so funny if she got hurt but luckily she had some guardian angels looking out for her and she was fine, just a little embarrassed. :)
We found the fun park and let the kids play and just chatted and enjoyed the evening. It was perfect.

This girl was crazypants. It was such a fun time. Aaaand we have the coolest neighbors. We love those Hodges.