First, we ate dinner.
Pizza, as per Miriam's choice. Also a fruit salad and a veggie tray. And these awesome straws for the kids.
Then, we smashed a piñata.
Miriam and the owl (?) piñata she made with my help and painted with Analee's help.
After everyone got a turn with a blindfold, we let each kid take another turn so we could get to the goodies.
Then Miriam opened presents.
Opening a present from Aunt Jessica. Miriam received a 30" doll, a lightsaber and a remote-controlled car from her parents; Shopkins from Grandma Susan and Grandpa Dennis; a Mickey and Minnie umbrella from Aunt Jessica; Star Wars jammies and a Star Wars sticker book from Grandma and Grandpa Scott; a birdhouse to paint, a Lego Palace Pets kit and sidewalk chalk from Bennet; and a Lego Friends set from Cooper after her birthday because he was out of town during her party.
Miriam and her Shopkins. She was an enthusiastic present opener.
Rebekah showing Oakley the lightsaber. Either that or threatening her. Oakley looks pretty scared.
Winnie with the lightsaber. The green mustaches were in the goody bags the kids got from the piñata.
Oakley mesmerized by the spastic glowing remote-controlled car.
Then we had cake and ice cream.
Miriam chose the Barbie mermaid cake. Yet. Again. Ana baked it with supervision. Rebekah frosted it and added the blue. Miriam decorated it with fish and blue bubbles. Rebekah made the trident from toothpicks and tape.
Getting ready to blow out the candles. One of the candles nearly started the trident on fire.
Eating frosting off the mermaid.
On Miriam's actual birthday, Easter Sunday, we went to church, then went to Grandma and Grandpa Scott's house for dinner and an Easter egg hunt (see earlier post). Miriam looked beautiful in her Easter dress.
This spunky 6-year-old loves reading. She listens to Winnie the Pooh stories and Magic Treehouse books on her Kindle Fire whenever she can. Lately she's been getting Berenstain Bears and Fly Guy books from the school library and earning AR points with them.
She's been enjoying her dance class and is looking forward to her dance recital next month, although she proclaims to be a little nervous about going on stage. She is a tall girl (several inches taller than anyone else in said dance class) and immediately inherits any clothes that Analee grows out of, despite their almost 3-year age difference.
More than any of her sisters, she is a perfect 50/50 split of tom boy and girly girl. She loves princesses, Ever After High and Palace Pets, but she also loves Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Wars and Legos.
As evidenced by her cat dress, green mustache and lightsaber.
To see more birthday pictures, start here.