Seven on the Seventh!

Katie-Kat turned seven on April seventh. And now that I have high speed internet I can share the pictures with you. Yeah for seven. Yeah for modern technology! We all joined Katie for lunch and a treat at school for her birthday.

 Will adores his big sister and spent his morning making this hat and door hanger for her. He wrapped it and presented it to her like it was the best thing he had ever done. She, being the fantastic big sister she is, totally made a big deal of it. Thank you Katie, you made Will's day making him think that he made yours.

 And below she is waiting for her cake. Just look at that face. Cake makes me feel the same exact way!

 Katie wanted to have a mock sleep over party with all the girls from her class. Add my other three, the neighbors two kids, a major storm with wind, rain and hail and you've got one exciting party! (And 15 screaming kids.)

 The party was lots of fun. Katie had a blast. And now she's seven. SEVEN.

Happy Birthday to my sweet baby girl. The best thing about my seven year old? The notes she leaves me to find while she's at school. Everyone one ends in "P.S. I love you." 

Farm Fun

 We spent Saturday afternoon at a farm in Shelby, NC. Katie's friend Lily Grace's grandparents own a beautiful sprawling horse farm up there. Every spring they throw a spring fling for their two granddaughters and all their classmates and families. It was spectacular!

 We pet and fed alpaca.

 Rode a miniature horse. (I didn't get a picture of Ben on the little guy, but he said it was his favorite part of the day. He had never ridden 'bare back' before and he thought that was pretty cool.)

 Camryn wanted to take the miniature home with us.

Held very soft and very sweet baby bunnies. (Katie was convinced this bunny wanted her to bring him home.)

Snuggled baby chicks.  This is Will asking "Can I keep this one?" (I must admit the chicks were beyond adorable. And we were just talking about the life cycle of chickens. It would be really neat to have a laying hen, and collect our own eggs. But the HOA here in Ballantyne Country Club has a hard time with children's playsets in the backyard, I'm gonna guess that they would say No to livestock.  Maybe we could convince Ma to get some baby chicks. Here that Ma? Haven't you always wanted chickens???)

And even got to pet a tortoise. I even found this tortoise to be quite cute. Will wanted to ride him.

This is my favorite picture. This is Kate with a couple of her friends in one of the million fields. Every time you turned around you saw another sight like this ~ fields and fences as far as you could see. It was beautiful!  Thank you to Lily Grace and family for hosting, it was a great day!