Grace Answers her birthday survey: 5-years-old

Please enjoy Grace's 5 year old answers!

I am 5 years old.
My favorite color is: pink and purple
The coolest person on earth is: William
The thing I do best is: play and craft
If I could change my name, it would be: Grace
My favorite toy is: Hello Kitty
When I grow up, I want to be: a Doctor
I like to watch: Hello Kitty on my computer
My favorite song is: Hello Kitty (a song she made up.)
My favorite book is: Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boyton
3 words to describe me are: hungry, nice, kind
When I was little, I used to: drink a bottle of milk
My favorite season is: warm
The food I like most is: spaghetti
One food I really don't like is: potatoes
My best friend is: Juliet
For my birthday I want to: get hello kitty dolls that have buttons.
My best memory is: going to school.

You can see her answers from last year here, and Juliet's answers from this year here.

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Juliet Answers her birthday survey: 5-years-old

This is only my second year recording them, but these are Juliet's birthday survey answers!

I am 5 years old.
My favorite color is: pink
The coolest person on earth is: Juliet
The thing I do best is: play games
If I could change my name, it would be: Juliet
My favorite toy is: Mermaids
When I grow up, I want to be: 6
I like to watch: TV
My favorite song is: the Ariel song (?)
My favorite book is: Ariel Books
3 words to describe me are: silly, happy, fun
When I was little, I used to: grow
My favorite season is: summer
The food I like most is: poptarts
One food I really don't like is: chicken noodle soup
My best friend is: Grace
For my birthday I want to: eat cake
My best memory is: going to church

You can see her answers from last year here, and Grace's answers from this year here.

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Grace and Juliet turn 5!

I cannot believe that 5 years have passed since these little babies joined our family!  On their final night of being four-year-olds, they thought it was terribly clever to stick their tongues out while I took pictures, but I did get some genuine smiles. = )

Before bed on their final night as 4 year olds:

And then they were 5!

I know it's just a number, and they are still my babies and pre-schoolers and my little girls.  But I feel like a chapter has closed.  We have no more diapers or strollers or bottles.  In just a year's time they will no longer have a "T" behind the number in their clothing.  And it all happened so fast.

I'm so proud of their social & academic growth in the past year.  And seeing them interact is everything you would think it would be.  Many of their recent conversations end up with "you're not the boss." Which always makes me giggle.

They love to do the exact same things, which is amazing and terrible, depending on the minute.

Happiest of birthdays to my favorite twins in the whole wide world! You are so loved.

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You can see their birthday survey answers here & here.

Grace and Juliet 5th Birthday Party

This year, the twins agreed to have their party at Chuck E Cheese.*  I'm pretty sure that I picked out the Doc McStuffins theme for them, but they didn't complain. = )

Most of the pictures are mine, but some of them were sent to me by my mom or party goers!

The cake was from Kroger, and it didn't disappoint.  Marble with whipped icing. Yum!

Earlier in the week, Emily helped me cut out stickers and make up goodie bags for the party.  We used the rest of the book pages that we didn't use to make the invitations.  They worked out really well.  They were big enough to hold tickets/prizes for the guests.

I don't know who likes Chuck E Cheese more: Billy or the kids.

Alice is very much at home in the midst of the arcade.

Grace, Jolene and Micah.  I don't know if I trust these three to drive around...

It makes my heart so full, seeing a table full of people that love our girls!

Our host was awesome!

There were 3 other parties going on with ours, and two of them were also celebrating 5 year olds! It's a good year to turn 5. = )

Dancing.

They were feeling a little shy around Chuck E.

The twins each got to do the ticket blaster twice, and could bring one person with them.  Grace picked Emily.

Juliet picked William.

And then they picked each other. <3

It was crazy busy at the restaurant, so we opened gifts at home.  They loved everything!  For anyone that I asked, I told them that we were trying to do a fiver party.**   So they opened a few gifts from people who enjoyed shopping for them, and lots of awesome cards from their friends!  They haven't yet decided what they want to spend it on, but I know they will be very happy once they do.

I am so thankful for all the people who love our girls near & far.  They had an awesome day!

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You can check out pictures from their 4th Birthday Party here.

*Should they ever stop agreeing, we will have to come up with some sort of compromise. = )
**Everyone brings $5, and then the birthday girls can spend it on something big that they really want.

Grace and Juliet: 5th Birthday Party Invitations

In just a few weeks we will be celebrating the Twins' 5th birthday!!!

We'd collected Doc McStuffins books since last summer.  I repurposed the book pages to make them some invitations to pass out to their classmates.

I ironed some wax paper onto the outside, to make it look more like a bandage wrapper.

Hopefully they will have a fun time with their friends at Chuck E Cheese.  As twins, they do have to agree to a common venue.  So far it's not been a problem, we'll see what the future holds. = )

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William's 5th Birthday!

Yesterday, William turned 5 years old!

He went to bed on Friday a 4 year old:

and woke up Saturday morning as a 5 year old!

His first request was to open another present (we allowed him to open one small one the night before) before Billy and I were even out of bed.

He got three hundred darts to go with his Nerf gun.  Who thought that was a good idea?

Not long after, he lost his gun because he was shooting people in the face... = /  He threw a fit, and took a nap on the floor before his party.

It was finally time to load up and go to the bowling alley*!

Out of William's class of 15, we only received four RSVPs, and only two yeses. = (  Of course, when you have four sisters, it is always a party!

He sure was happy to have the two that came though (and a tag-a-long little sister)!

Juliet, William, Nolan and Bridget

Before we were able to secure a child rail ramp, it took a loooooooooooooong time for the twins to get their balls down the lane.

Juliet

One loved little boy:

At the tail end of his party, they turned on the black lights, so we were all glowing!  Of course, William ended up opening up his gifts in the dark = )

We all had a great time, but sure missed the cousins!

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You can see William's invitations here, and his answers to the birthday survey here.  And what his party looked like last year here.

*totally unrelated, on our way into the bowling alley, someone had dropped their slushee.  However, instead of being a blue puddle on the ground, the slushee in question was frozen into a weird, unnatural solid mass.  #michiganproblems

William's 5th Birthday Invitations

On Monday, William brought party invitations to pass out to his school friends!  The neurosurgeon cleared him for full activities just in time for his party. = )

He must have watched a video of some sort, because he is really into bowling right now, and is excited to spend a few hours with his friends at the bowling alley.

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