Our baby girl turned five this summer. After so long as parents it’s hard to believe we are finally through all those dizzying years of car seats, booster seats, step stools and preschool. Diapers are already a distant memory and in a couple of months Layla will start kindergarten and learn to read. This birthday felt big indeed.
At five, Layla is sweet, fierce and tenacious. She’s a girly-girl with a spunky, goofy side – which I suppose is what we expected given she’s got three big brothers to keep up with. Layla loves animals, dolls, Barbies, horses and unicorns, dressing up, dancing, singing, drawing, playing school, swimming, playing outside and her family. She wants to be a gymnastics teacher or a school bus driver when she grows up and we are sure she will do anything she puts her mind to. We love you, Layla Blythe. Happy 5th Birthday!
What five-year-old girl doesn’t want a Frozen themed party these days? We had a royal celebration at our house, complete with a visit from Elsa herself. The girls were entranced!
Elsa!
Storytime
Face painting
With Clare, aka Cinderella
Maggie Rose, aka Moana
Harper, aka Cinderella
Clare, Georgia, Brittan, Layla, Elsa, Maggie, Harper and Maggie Rose
The moms – Laura, Lindsey, Elsa, Caroline, Megan & Jeunai
Last bedtime as a four-year-old
Birthday Princess
A babydoll from Nana
Birthday photo shoot
Opening presents with her brothers after school
I got this angel on my 5th birthday and passed it on to Layla
Kisses for everyone
More party pics
We still had the helmets from when the boys were little. We sort of recreated the pic of them holding Layla as a baby in their helmets.
Pinata time
Grammy brought some of her old dolly things for Layla
Unfortunately, the Seattle American Girl store was a Covid casualty, one I didn’t find out about until I was looking to take her to the store to make her own doll. It closed the March before her birthday! So we did the next best thing and designed one online, but at that point it wouldn’t arrive until after her birthday. Angelina, arrived a week late, but better late than never. Layla was so excited to open the box up and see her!
They have the same skin, hair, and eyes, and Layla chose her outfit and accessories.
Another sleeping babe pic
