Ashlyn turns five!!!

Ashlyn just turned five years old.  I can't believe that she's already turning five and even though we talk about it a lot, it's hard to believe that she will be starting school in the fall!  She's growing up so fast and we've been noticing it lately.  You can tell when your child has reached another maturity level in speech, actions and behavior!  She just went up another step in that ladder of life.  I love to watch her play and skip around the house so carefree!!!  She runs outside and swings on the swing with her little legs just a kicking and swinging.  She gets so excited about gardening and her seeds that are growing!  She can't wait to plant seeds outside once her little garden is ready.  I love how she pushes most meats aside and reaches for the vegetables.  She was really going off to the dentist the other day of how she likes mushrooms, black olives and corn.  It's a mixture that she loves to eat all together.  She also told the dentist that she likes candy but that was a great moment for the dentist to remind of her of how important it is to brush her teeth!  :)  And since I'm on the dentist topic, she only sat on the dentist chair to have them count her ten teeth on top and ten teeth on the bottom.  She will have a real appointment in the fall.  Ashlyn also loves to play with her cousins.  She is blessed to have cousins her age and all of them are her favorite!  :)  Her favorite iPad episodes right now are: Jake and the Pirates, Paw Patrol, Wild Krats and Dinotrux.  She still plays a lot with her doll house we gave her last year for her birthday.  It was well worth its money!!!  She has many pet shop animals and polly pockets that she sets all over her doll house.  Pippa Pigs family is always welcome in her little home too.  :)

Here she is listening to her upbeat "Happy Birthday Song" that we always play on birthdays from youtube!

Mommy Lapp gave her her own Lego set!!! 

She even got to have Hunter here all day!!!  What a fun playmate!

Sister Jody stopped in and gave her a bubble set!!!  She loves this!!!  The only problem is that we now need more bubbles!!!!  She was running around in the garage making huge, fun bubbles!!!  Thanks Jody!

When we were praying for a baby years back ... God blessed us with Ashlyn.  She was born in March healthy and sweet!  She pretty much broke any parenting technique we thought we had down pat.  :)  As a two year old, she wanted things done on her time, her will, her pleasure.  It got so trying but you know what ... she turned out sweet and is a darling little five year old.  She is my biggest helper with Austin right now!  Austin loves her to death and she can do so much for him!  She holds his bottle.  She tries to carry him around but I must monitor this!  She loves to snuggle and cuddle him on the couch.  It's so cute how she cares and loves Austin!  She will make a wonderful mother some day! 

Recently, Ashlyn kept talking about going to school.  I keep mentioning it to her too and I would say, "When you turn five then you will go to school."  That's true, right?  Well, she kept saying things about school and acting all nervous about it.  I realized that she thought that on the day of her fifth birthday, she will go to school.  I then explained to her that she won't actually start school till the fall.  :)  She smiled and relaxed.  I know she will love going to school but it looked pretty huge to her at the moment.  :)

On this special birthday day she wanted a few things.  Paw Patrol things ... so we gave her the character toys, a pj set with Paw Patrol on it and a coloring book.  She helped pick it all out.  She also wanted a cake from Costco.  Those cakes are delicious but so big.  Way too big for our family to eat so I promised her that we would stop at a bakery and pick out a small cake.  We went to Bird-in-Hand Bakery and she picked out a Easter cake and then we bought some Paw Patrol rings to set on top.  Normally, we go out to eat for our family birthdays and she wants to go to Red Robin.  Mostly, so she can play with the games in the restaurant but that was her pick.  Matthew still thinks she needs to pick going to DJ's Diner.  :)

Up first thing to celebrate her fifth birthday!!! 

 

After Red Robin, we came home for dessert!!!  Happy Birthday, Ashlyn!

Her day is special with friends and family calling and stopping in.  Thanks everyone for all the gifts!!!  Even a simple card in the mail from Mommy D. made her smile!!!  Thank you for making her day extra special!!!