Megan's 5th Birthday

It's always a busy couple days when mid-November comes around and we have our back to back birthdays, but the weekend is upon us and Megan Ruth turned 5 years old!

All the kids enjoyed the streams and balloons hanging over the hallway door entry.

After getting ready for church, Megan insisted on posing.

We did the whole birthday cake and presents ordeal a little earlier than usual today, only because Cadence's present requires being opened before dinner, so Megan got to open hers before dinner too!

There's a definite pink theme for girly Miss Megan

She needed more than a little help blowing out the candles.

Opening her present from Grandma Bobbie

And squealing in delight over her present from James and me. When you turn the crown on top of Aurora's head, her dress changes colors.

Cadence read the instructions and Connor came over to investigate Hulk's newest girlfriend while Megan waited patiently for Daddy to get the doll out of its packaging.

Connor enjoying his sister's very pink cake.

Megan got an absurdly large slice, but, hey, it's her birthday!

So, that was Megan's day. Now she's happily playing out stories with her color-changing princess doll and soon we'll be cooking up her birthday dinner selection: hot dogs, beans, corn, and fries. I'd say "I can't believe she's 5!", but I totally can. She's matured so much recently and she's just as ready for school to start as Cadence was when she turned 5, more so, actually, because she's crazy excited after hearing how much fun Cadence is having at school.

She's seriously the sweetest girl. She lives to love, 100%. She is perfectly content to just shower love and affection on everyone around her, and she's just as excited about everyone else's achievements as her own. When Cadence and I get home after school and work, she's the first one at the door to greet us and she's learned quickly how to be a great big sister to Connor without Cadence around to fill that role.