Jayna is 5!

 Wow, I can't believe Jayna is 5, that sounds so big! She seems to have grown up a lot in the last month or so...which could also be because we just had a baby too. Either way she definitely seems like a 5 year old now. When we went to Kindergarten orientation the teacher asked us to write down some things about our child. This is what I wrote about Jayna. She's very compassionate and sensitive to other's feelings. She's very creative and love crafts. She has a great imagination. She loves to be a helper. She's very observant. She tries really hard to do the right thing. She is very social.

The other day I was busy doing something and I told Jayna to go play until I was done. She said to me "Mom, don't you know I'm only an artist. I don't like to play with toys." Haha, this is so true. Jayna doesn't really ever play with any toy for very long, but she could spend a whole day doing crafts.

We had her birthday party a few days before her birthday. This was her first year having a friend party, she was so excited! She wanted a Care Bears theme with a purple Care Bear cake. Thanks to Aunt Cassandra for taking Jayna to get all her party supplies!!

Jayna specifically requested the streamers hanging down like this for her decorations

Share Bear, purple is Jayna's new favourite colour (although pink and blue are a very close second)

 We were all pretty excited!

 Doing a craft

 The boys opted to make pirate hats instead of pink party hats, hehe!

They turned out so cute!

 Cake time! Jayna told me before the party started that she gets a little bit shy when everyone is singing Happy Birthday to her.

 Jayna got spoiled this year!

 She's been asking for the bath Barbie for a while, she was so happy that Kepler got it for her :)

And of course a pinata!

Candy!!

Having a dance party. The party was so fun, kid's this age are so easy to please. I'm glad we didn't plan too much because the kids just wanted to play and I was so impressed with how well they all played together.

Jayna's actual birthday was the first day of school. That night we went out for dinner to Montana's.

There happened to be 3 other people there for their birthdays that night! When Jayna heard them singing to the other people she said that she wanted that too. So I told the waiter it was her birthday and he went to get her sparkler and gather everyone to sing. Then she started getting nervous and decided she didn't want everyone to sing to her. So we cancelled the singing, but she still got a sparkler.

On the Friday after her birthday I took a treat in to her Kindergarten class, so this lucky girl had a whole week long celebration! And she was definitely milking it too. She kept telling Kepler that she got to go first or pick the plate colour, etc. because she was the birthday girl. 

Jayna had the best birthday this year, I don't know how we'll ever top it. A party with friends, and then the first day of Kindergarten too! We love Jayna and can't imagine life without her!!