44.5 inches

Today was A-chan's 5th birthday. We had a great day! It was made more interesting by the pouring rain and the massive amounts of sugar consumed.

The first thing she wanted to do this morning was measure herself on her height chart to see if she'd grown any over night. She is now 44.5 inches tall, 3 inches taller than on her 4th b-day. Then she got to open a present before getting ready for school - a pikachu bento box and a pikachu wristwatch.

Next we hurried to get ready for school and to arrive with cupcakes intact. For her school cupcakes she chose a yellow cake/chocolate swirl with chocolate and pink icing swirled on top with pink, blue, orange and small ball sprinkles on top. She helped mix them and bake them, then did some sprinkles on top.

While she was at school I transformed her bathroom into a more kid-friendly space with a hello kitty shower curtain, new fantasy art and some other hello kitty additions. This was not about the fact that I want my sink to myself in the mornings, no way! And it had nothing to do with the amount of times I have tripped over her stepstool in my bathroom. It was all about her special day, yep :)

Then I hurried back to school for the cupcake party, with huge princess balloon and flower bouquet in hand as well as a bag of puffy cheetos as a surprise. Off to lunch at IHOP for pancakes and then the free bowl of ice cream for the birthday girl. Back home to try out the new game her daddy had installed on her computer and then to play Katamari on the PS3.

Dinner next and then I had to run off to teach dance class while she stayed with her godfather to play. When I got home there was an enormous cookie thingy with icing in the middle and a pink crown in icing on top. Whew, the sugar!