Channing is 6!!!

Channing turned six on April 23, 2017. She was really excited about her big day and had been talking about it for weeks. The Friday before her birthday, we celebrated at school with her. I was the mystery reader in her class and then we had lunch together. We brought her classmates donuts and they were pretty excited!

After school I let her take a friend for a little outing. Thankfully she has many friends to choose from, but her best friend Avery from her kindergarten class is who she chose to come with.

They went to get pedicures together! 

They chose matching blue toenail polish!

After pedicures, we went out to Tutti Frutti for icecream!! They literally giggled for like 3 hours straight! I have never met two girls who giggled so much!! They had a fun time together, but literally her stomach hurt afterward from all the laughing!

On her actual birthday, since it was Sunday, we settled for the packaged donuts and a cinnamon roll!

She woke up early and took the liberty of declaring that she could sleep in bed with mom and dad because it was her birthday. Typically we don't have our kids in bed with us, but we made an exception for her special day. 

She started the morning off with breakfast and then glow in the dark balloons!

We went to church and then afterward my brother Chris came over for a BBQ and celebrated with us!

Channing opened presents and was excited about what she got. She got a jewlery box from Aunt Daphne, a Willa American girl doll from Grandma, a jewlery making kit from Oma, Elena dress up things from us, a purse and diary from Uncle Chris and Aunt Chira, and many more things, but what she was super excited about was her necklaces that Avery's mom makes and Avery got for her!

She chose a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Her cousin Charlotte was all ready to help with the action!

I love this picture as I think it portrays her well. She is silly but loved the day being all about her.

All day she would say things like... "it's my birthday so you can't take your first bite of breakfast before me", or "I get to go first because it's my birthday." We love our little birthday diva, but man did she live it up!! She his a very creative, artistic child. She loves to draw and color and paint. She also absolutely LOVES makeup, fashion, and jewelry. I don't know where she got that from, because it certainly wasn't me! She is getting better and better at reading and is still pretty shy at school. At home, she never stops singing and talking. I guess it's good that she feels comfortable here! She does hate to throw anything away! I find stashes of her tags from clothes, or box wrappers, or any paper someone has given her. She hates to throw them away. She is very loving and always wants to cuddle or give hugs. She hates when we don't say goodbye before we leave anywhere. We do love our orange headed Channing and she does keep us on our toes!