Five
April 21, 2008
We celebrated this weekend where she made her own cake (with help from Rob), a two layer triple chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and cherries on top. She was so proud of her cake. I have no good photos of the cake since my camera battery went DEAD and I couldn’t find the charger.
Since today was her actual birthday I picked up a small pink cake while I was at the grocery store. Can you celebrate a birthday too much? I don’t think so. Can you have too much cake? Definitely not.
Posted by Chris @ 11:18 pm
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Happy Birthday! Five is definitely a biggie, since ALL the fingers on one hand are now required.
What I love though, is the pink iPod clipped to her shirt. Do you think twenty years from now she will look at this photo and think, “Oh, look, remember when an iPod was as good as it got?” much like I think when I see pictures of myself in high school, with my big-as-a-car boom box next to me???
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:08 amHappy Birthday
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:20 amHappy Birthday!
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:34 amThere is no such things as too much birthday cake!! Happy Birthday!
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:50 amShe is so scrumptious, Chris. I can’t believe she is 5. Happy birthday to your girl!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:07 amFive is a two-caker for sure. Happy Birthday!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:09 amOne of the wonderful things about having lots of children, more birthdays (and cake) to celebrate! Happy birthday to your darling daughter!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:14 amHappy birthday to your girl! My daughter just turned five last month. All of a sudden they stop looking like babies and start looking like children. *Sigh.*
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:27 amHappy Birthday! Did she get the ipod for her birthday?
If so, awesome gift.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:28 amIs she really five??? I’ve been reading your blog a couple of years now, and it doesn’t seem like she should be five! Wow!
And yesterday’s post about your son made me cry. You make me appreciate my kids and their littleness all the time.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:36 amAlready? Really?
Wow, I’m quite sure it was only the day before yesterday when you started writing this blog and she was a baby. No, I mean a *real* baby.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:37 amHappy Birthday little one! (My husband would think that it’s awesome that she has an iPod already!)
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:07 amHappy Birthday! Five years old deserves as much birthday cake as she wants.
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:21 amAwe she looks much happier (and calmer) than her third birthday! I still go back and watch that video every once in a while to giggle! Happy Birthday to the lovely lady, too cute with her iPod!
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 amWoo hoo for five!!!! You guys have the cutest birthday cakes.
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:05 amThe headphones crack me up!
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:06 amHappy Birthday ! I love the “teenager look” with the ipod
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:17 amMy girl is 7 on Wednesday and we have been doing birthday “things” for the last 3 days….. Five is a big one - Turning 1,5,10,13,16,18 …those are big - Enjoy!
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 amwow! she looks so grown up! (I know it’s not what you want to hear). Happy birthday to the little one who is not so little anymore.
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 amOh! Sweet girl! Happy birthday.
No, you can never celebrate a birthday too much. Especially in regards to cake!
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 amHappy Birthday!!!!!!!! My youngest turned five a few weeks ago!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 amSweet pic, the ipod/earphones are such a sign of the times!
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:10 amWow! Happy Birthday!
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 amI can’t believe she is 5- I remember when she was turning 3. I guess I’ve been reading longer than I thought!
Happy birthday!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:55 amOh 5….that year where they leave babyhood behind for childhood…yes that sounds sappy. Yes I have one on the verge of 5. And he’s my youngest.
No, you cannot celebrate too much.
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:55 amShe looks soo grown up! Happy birthday to your beautiful daughter!
Not to sound like a broken record, but what a lovely cake and that pink ipod is the coolest!! What are some of the songs that she listens to? I would have loved one of these as a 5 year old, and I know for sure which ones I would have requested!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:06 pmHappy Birthday!
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 pmHAPPY B-DAY!!!! She looks sooo cute. Congratulations on making her own b-day cake!
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:31 pmHappy Birthday. Love the pink shuffle.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:39 pmFIVE? Holy cow.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:48 pm5?? how is that possible?
and yeah, there is no such thing as too much cake.
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:58 pmHappy Birthday sweetie. Five is a big deal . . . all the fingers on one hand!
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:00 pmHappy birthday!! Gorgeous and a baker too!
April 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 pmI always say the same darned thing, but… Wasn’t she a wee baby just yesterday?! My gosh! She’s very cute there with her pink cake and ipod.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:11 pmWe don’t have birthdays. We have birthmonths. Happy birthday! Lots of birthdays around the blogosphere this week.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:25 pmOh my heavens she is cute! Good thing she has lots of brothers for protection.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:57 pmThere is no such thing as too much cake. My girlfriend invented something called the “proximity to birthday clause,” wherein treats, unauthorized purchases and extra cake can and will be justified by the proximity to the birthday, i.e., one week prior and one week after the birthday, approximately.
I love the headphones, “Thank you for the cake, Mother, but music is my life.”
April 22nd, 2008 at 3:55 pmHappy Birthday !!
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:08 pmHappy birthday to your baby, and so sorry about your camera and charger. I hope you’re not cursed!
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:38 pmHAPPY BIRTHDAY! Chris- thank you for sharing about your wonderful(I know, I know- they have not so wonderful days and drive you crazy, but still are there any kids better than your own in the world???) kids here with us!
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:02 pmHope her day was great! I think you should post her playlist! The boys (10, 7 & 6) are curious as to what she rocking out with there!
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:20 pmYUM! Happy Birthday — “5″ - really?
April 22nd, 2008 at 5:21 pmThat cake looks better than any cake I’ve ever made, they did an awesome job!
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 pmOh and she’s simply adorable
er oops maybe that wasn’t the cake they made, but still it’s pretty and PINK! Happy birthday to her!
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:31 pmCan her skin get any more perfect?
I know she’s 5 and all and most kids have good skin, but hers seems exceptional.
Maybe it’s just that she’s so cute.
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:16 pmhappy 5th bday adorable girl!!! There is no such thing as too many birthdays! celebrate with many wishes!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 pmhappy 5th birthday adorable girl!
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:10 pmWhen I first started reading the post, I thought “she made that cake!!!!” Dang, I’m hiring her. Good thing I kept reading.
April 22nd, 2008 at 8:55 pmTime flies. 5 already!
Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:17 pmFive is a big one. I’ve turned five about five times now (5, 6, 10, 15, 20) so it was definately my favorite birthday.
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:24 pmAdorable! Happy birthday!
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:36 pmHappy Birthday to your beautiful daughter! She looks so, so . . . grown up!
April 23rd, 2008 at 12:44 amHappy Birthday!
But I want to know, what does she listen to on her ipod? Our 3 y/o has Laurie Berkner on heavy rotation on the car radio, so I’m curious what she’s into. Miles too if he has a preference…
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 amHappy Birthday!
My son turned 5 on the 13th. It seems like only yesterday he was a newborn.
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 amHave your cake and eat it too. (But don’t forget the ice cream.)
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:33 pmheh, I remember reading your blog when she turned 3 and screamed at her brothers because they were singing.
April 23rd, 2008 at 4:51 pmWhat a cute picture — totally adorable daughter with lovely pink cake! The look on her face says it all. Priceless! In my opinion, you can never eat too much cake celebrating someone’s birthday. Julie for WOW!
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:09 pmFive?! wow…. happy birthday!!
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:26 pmDefinitely no such thing as too much cake! My son is almost 5. Sniff, sniff.
I want the recipe for that cake she made with daddy!
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:25 pmAre you eating cake again? I hope so.
April 24th, 2008 at 12:41 amThe first comment made me laugh only because in twenty years they migth just program the music right into their brains and they’ll be thinking “weird…remember back when we had to carry devices?” She looks so beautiful and grown …happy birthday!!!
April 24th, 2008 at 12:12 pmHappy birthday to her! =)
April 24th, 2008 at 5:16 pm