My gorgeous wild haired child turned nine. We opted for a smaller birthday party this year, which involved a number of her closest friends. This was the first time we have had a large sleep over party. Thankfully for pintrest, we were prepared.
Peanut is at a funny age where she is a 26-year old in a now nine year old's body. She is confident but not to a fault. She is smart and capable. She is also prone to going off by herself to read. She is easy to parent, but she is not easy to focus. We are trying to work on organizing ourselves a bit better. She is a whirling dervish of creative genius; however, she is not able to complete things and often leaves tasks without her best effort being put forward.
We had a small birthday at home, and then we had a small group of girls over on the weekend. I am amazed by the little girls she hangs out with. They are just all really good and low drama people. She only has one friend that she struggles with, but in the end, she asks for the space she needs. Sometimes that space looks like screaming at 10 at night for her to leave you alone so you can sleep. :)
Peanut started basketball and competitive swimming this year. She liked basketball, but she did not like the swimming. She really improved in basketball, which is good, because there was a lot of room for improvement. Peanut does not have to be great or even good at anything; however, my expectation is that she tries. The team she was on was supportive, and she did try. She did improve. And she will get better.
For her birthday, we made a number of different crafts. We made candles, tie dyed, and made some lip balm. Some of them turned out better than others did. However, we all had a good time, until it was time for Peanut to sleep. She really likes to sleep and there were tears because some of the girls would not leave her alone. She went to her room and stayed there the rest of the night. My Aunt Genie tells stories of being amazed I put myself to bed. I think this girl would too, if we let her stay up late enough.
Our neighbor MC game to be with us at the party. I am glad I asked her because it was nice to have another pair of competent hands.
Rainbow cake for the rainbow girls.
Again, this is not how they stayed at night, but they all seemed to have a good time. Everyone was still talking in the morning, even if they did not want to talk at 10.
