The family princess turned 6.
Evalynn is such a unique little personality.
Her school "book learning" is proceeding at a modest pace, but more importantly she sees the world through a beautiful awareness for a child her age and is a delight to our family.
- She can identify by song and sight many different kinds of backyard birds.
- She knows how to make flowers grow and she appreciates their beauty.
- She learned to ride her bicycle without training wheels and keeps up with all the big kids on long rides.
- She is empathetic and loves others well.
- She is quick with a hug.
- She sees the good in people.
- Her friends include other kids her age, teens, middle age elementary students, toddlers, and adults.
- She is nurturing.
- She delights in God's designs of nature.
- Sometimes beauty makes her cry - a heartfelt song at church, a story with a lovely resolution, a friend's joy.
- She is strong, well coordinated, and flexible.
- She is determined.
- She is sensitive....to perceived unkindness, to doing wrong, and to others' hurts.
- She sings - beautifully, loudly, and on key - but mostly in her room or away from the eyes of others.
- She enjoys pampering, especially the hair salon.
- She desires to do brave things for God.
Evalynn started her birthday early. She was up during mom's quiet time hour and we bird watched together (in our heatless curlers).
After she got ready for the day she had her birthday pictures taken, and then went with Daddy to get donuts and a special birthday drink.
She chose her "prairie dress" to wear and her heatless curls did well!
Donuts and bacon for birthday breakfast.
(I said "smile at me when we sing so I can take a picture...and she did...the entire song.)
A couple gifts after breakfast before Daddy went to work.
That large box had a few smaller packages individually wrapped in it and she thought I was hilarious.
While Daddy was at work in the morning Evie played, opened a rubber band bracelet set and made a bracelet, and watched a show.
She had 2 different family friends come by to wish her a happy birthday and that made her feel so loved. I wish I'd taken pictures.
Ev picked hot dogs, mac & cheese, and rice for lunch but really only ate the carbs. Ha.
While Daddy was home for lunch break she opened a life size baby doll and promptly fell in love.
Mia was especially thoughtful to Evalynn on her birthday and took her for walks with her babies (Honey did not get cast aside with the addition of a new baby). Mia also pre-planned a treasure box hunt for Ev's birthday, which delighted the birthday girl thoroughly. Xavier and Zayden were in charge of entertaining Ev outside while Mia got everything set up.
Follow the red string throughout the house and the boxes of treasure were clipped to it in different hiding spots.
Some had candy....Evie ate as she went.
and rings!
The fairy garden fairies left a birthday Care Bear gift (courtesy: Nannie), which was elation in itself.
The afternoon was spent playing babies and princesses.
Again, Mia was a most attentive and sweet big sister.
Evalynn requested pizza, "special drink," and family game night for her birthday supper.
Xavier had worship band practice. We're in a hard season of learning to share our teens with their almost adult lives.
During supper, the most important queen took three Facetimes. The Paredes crew called to wish her happy birthday, and both sets of grandparents called her. The patience of all the grandparents who listened the the full day recap was absolutely precious.
Evalynn's game of choice was Skyjo. We played one round before Xavier got home, then paused for cake and ice cream, and played past our bed times until we were on the verge of slap happy and overly emotional and Dad called it a night.
(Evie helped make her cake on Thursday. She picked yellow cake with "pudding" [ganache] frosting. I laugh every year, because she doesn't really like cake. She loves ice cream, and she strategically chooses whatever she puts on the cake to suit her - in this case ganache. Then she eats the top and leaves the cake. This year I made a box mix and felt less upset when she scraped the top and threw it away.)
Oh sweet girl - you are joy.
So very ornery!
When everyone was in bed I told Mike, "oof, our family is loud." But man, are we the lucky ones. Truly.
A video compilation of all the birthday moments....opening gifts, playing, Mia's treasure hunt, and game time.
And a couple bonus pictures of the last night she was five, hair all wrapped up....I said, "she'll either wake up 6 or 60."
Happiest of birthdays, sweet Evalynn. Precious in His sight and ours...and loved beyond measure.
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