Six

This year Eliza wanted to try something different for her birthday.  She wanted her BFF to spend the night, instead of having a big party.  It was the first sleepover for them both.  C's mom assured me that I wouldn't have to drive her home at 3am and she was right; both girls were fine.  The girls decorated a birthday cake, then the three of us went to dinner at Phil's. We had cake after dinner and Papa and Grammy picked up Ezra for a slumber party of their own.  This turned out to be a great thing (even though I really missed him!) because about 10 seconds after the adorable tiara pic above, the girls ran off to Eliza's room and slammed the door in little brother's face, just as Grammy predicted.  I offered to take the girls to a movie but E decided they wanted to watch Brave and eat popcorn at home instead.  They slept in sleeping bags on the living room floor and giggled until about 9pm.  Then they woke up at 6:30 am and played Groovy Girls.  That afternoon all the grandparents and our best family friends came over for some cupcakes and to open presents.  E got a beautiful dress made by Grandma, complete with a matching dress for her doll.  She also got some My Little Ponies.  Even Ezra has been running around the house singing the theme song.  Uncle Eli stopped by that night and then both kids fell asleep early.