Five

This is a year of fives.  In May, I'll have owned this house for five years.  In October, The Hubbs and I will celebrate our fifth wedding anniversary.

Yesterday, our oldest turned five.  It doesn't seem like it could possibly have been that long, but I guess time really does fly.

In the grand tradition of our little yellow house, the birthday princess was pampered from dawn until dusk.  First item on the agenda: presenting the princess with the Birthday Girl Tiara.

She hated it, as you can see by the fact that the camera couldn't even capture her tail...it was wagging so fast!

This, I believe, would be her portrait to hang in the great hall (if we had one).

Between treats, the princess held court and connected with her loyal subjects...

...Even carving out a chunk of her day to make sure Sook Sook didn't feel left out.

Now, go ahead and try to tell me this ain't a happy girl:

This was the first of two - count 'em, two - Birthday Girl car rides.

And don't you worry...Sookie happily joined in on the fun.  We couldn't very well leave her behind, now, could we?

Ah, the sweet, sweet result of our second car ride...Oberweis!

After such a long day of treats, princess duties, car rides, and lub, the Birthday Princess had had all she could takes, and she couldn't takes no more.

We love you, Bubbles.  It's hard to believe you're five, but looking back through the pictures I guess it really is true.  I can't get over how small you were back then!  Thanks for helping us to start our family by becoming our first kid...we couldn't have asked for anyone better to fill that position.