Study date

Ada just turned 6.  Yes.  SIX.  ADA IS SIX YEARS OLD.  It's still sinking in for me here.  Here are a few photos from her Master Chef Junior inspired party.  At Ada's party her friends made some pizza and salad and we played a few games.  We did a version of "pin the tail on..." by doing Pin the Pepperoni on the Pizza and each kid had to try to get their pepperoni on the slice with their name on it.  They were super sweet and helped each other by using "hot" and "cold" until everyone had gotten it.  They also did a blind taste test that was really fun.  Instead of goodie bags we had a bag full of little prizes and when they completed a game they got to pick a prize from a bag and trade it in if they didn't like it.  I ran out of time to do a punch box so this worked out pretty well.  The best part was that Gramma Deb was able to arrange her visit to be here for the party which made it so special for Ada.

The aprons for the little chefs to wear.

Pin the pepperoni on the pizza

 Taste test

The Cake

Now that Ada is older, there are certainly new and more complicated challenges of parenting.  The nice thing though is that she can entertain herself more and more on her own.  We had the chance this week to go out just the two of us and decided to go swimming at the health club and have a dinner/ study date afterwards.  It was glorious.

She wrote out her thank you notes for her party friends.

 And played with her birthday present.

She is a stellar study partner.

Love this kid.  She made me a mama.  She is one of the most sensitive, kind and creative people I know.  Happy Birthday Ada.