7th birthday

Ada had a blast of a birthday.  After requesting tuna fish sandwiches for both breakfast and lunch... we let her open her dancing ribbons from mom and dad and sent her off to school.  Then the kids and I went to take a treat to her class and stayed for lunch and recess.  Sam and Evelyn had a blast and I loved meeting Ada's friends.  Giselle and Cora were just a couple that came up to tell me that they were Ada's friends.  I love elementary age kids!  I loved that Ada could be friends with boys, girls, skinny kids, fat kids, white kids, latin kids, black kids... and no one says anything bad about it.  I love people, Ada loves people... but within a year or two people start making fun of other people... I'm glad that Ada's not one of those people.

After a doctor's appointment and some excitement elsewhere, we met Jer for ice cream at Baskin Robbins.  When we got there, Ada got to open up her other present from mom and dad... a purple journal.  She's been writing in it non stop for three days.  (I love to hear all that she has too say... just not in the middle of testimony meeting.)  Jer had to leave after that to go to a YM's overnight thing... and I took the kids to the rec center to swim.  Ada had a blast and even ran into a friend of hers from school, who's name is also Ada.  (She calls her Ada from Math class).  Then it was home to play My Little Pony Monopoly and get in bed.  Ada told me contentedly, "Mom, today was the best day ever."  (Not to mention getting to play with cousin Emma the next day... they 'decorated' my mom's upstairs with every imaginable blanket and dress up they could find.)  Too much fun.  And I still can't believe that this:

has turned into this: