Charlie’s FIVE!!

     A few more fun events to finish off our summer break. We ended Alpine Days (or started Charlie's 5th birthday celebration, depending on how you look at it) with some amazing fireworks. Alpine doesn't mess around with the fireworks!

      Charlie was beyond excited about her birthday! She made sure she announced it was her birthday to pretty much anyone she saw all day. 

The rainbow cake she wanted and the rainbow mermaid balloon she didn't know she wanted.

Thanks for the card and cash, G&G Baker!

We loved having our Aussie cousins join us for some of the festivities. (Where's the teleport button on the computer?!)

A few fun Barbie toys and her very own Boo (stuffed dog).

Bonus balloons from the primary birthday celebration we had at church.

     After turning five I guess it's only customary to begin your first experience of getting cavities filled at the dentist.

She did great with her sleepy teeth minus a bite through her tongue on the way home.

     My friend and the kids primary president, Nicole, let us come swim at her awesome pool this week.

Charlie was mildly panicked about being in the deep water so she tripled up on her flotation devices.

McClane was determined to get out on this rope swing.

Long haired 'freak show'!

It didn't take Brock long to make this jump seem easy. This kid LOVES the water!

      So that's the week in photos. Tonight we met the three youngest kid's teachers. McClane gets to do 2nd grade with his 1st grade teacher and I've never been more thrilled about a teacher, she's the best teacher of all time! Charlie's kindergarten teacher is also a repeat from Carter's kindergarten days and she, too, is great. Brock's teacher is a total newby but we're hopeful she'll be great. Isaac had a glimpse of the high school this week and seems ready for his sophomore year and, of course, Carter will be back to middle school as an 8th grader. I guess I've got to accept the inevitable, school is starting again!
       Let the daily lunch making begin again!! (I really should look into the free lunch requirements! Ha Ha)