Meli Turns 5...Oh My!!

As usual, a little behind on my post. So much is going on that I want to write about, but finding the time proves to be difficult lately. I am attempting to catch up this week. We will see…

Meli turned 5 in the beginning of May. Oh my goodness! Slow down baby girl! She has morphed right under my nose into a full blown kid. Still with some lingering toddler traits that are so cute and that I am so thankful for. I can just see certain stages passing us by. Unless, something changes she will be our last (you just never know with us) and that just breaks my heart a bit. I am glad to be done with a lot of things from those stages, but there are so many things I will dearly miss. I am sure most people think this, but even though I was always aware to pay attention and remember these moments…I still feel like it was not enough. Like did I really enjoy them as much as I should have or did I do enough to keep the memories with me?  Anyone who reads my blog knows that I definitely take pictures and write about all things mundane and thrilling. I also keep a journal for each kid (which I do need to be even better at) and other things…but it does not change the fact that they are gone.

I am excited for the next stages. I love that Colin is reading so well and enjoying books that I loved as a kid. Meli is learning so much at pre-school and is ready for Kindergarten.

Anyway, back to her birthday. She celebrated for over a week. On her birthday, we celebrated with friends. We had a big pasta dinner with the band and some family. One of the band significant others had a birthday on the same day as Meli, so we combined the celebration. Here is a video of Meli being sung to by the band. She loved it!

We spent a day at Wildlife Safari (which I wrote about previously). Then on the weekend, we had a kid party at Get Air. An awesome trampoline play area. There are ball bits (well more foam squares), trampoline floors, etc.

Meli had a blast! Oh my pure joy. It was fantastic watching the kids just having so much fun!  She slept very nicely that night. I could not get her to drink water during, so you can see in the picture with her friends how much she needs it. She just kept saying “water”. 

~ Love, Hugs &; Kisses ~ The B Family