Now We Are Six

Lyra turned six today. I always planned to buy her A.A. Milne's "Now We Are Six", but I forgot. Luckily for me, I have at least a year to get it. We also have plans to measure her against her bookshelf. She loves to see how much taller she's become. I eyeballed her height against last year's birthday and she's at least 2 inches taller.

This year, we went to the park and had a magician. Lyra decided that she's done with bowling for a while. But we informed her that when we get back to Milwaukee, it's back to Bay View Bowl. It's just too perfect. The kids get to bowl a few games and the parents get to have Bloody Mary's with a chaser.

This year's turn out was far better than last. We were unfortunate enough to plan Lyra's party on a day the city's traffic was paralyzed by a huge rainstorm that had most of the roads flooded. In the end, only 2 brave families made it. We had one family call us to tell us they were turning around after 3 hours on the road - and the kid was asleep in back of the car. This year, we were blessed with beautiful weather. Cool in the shade, warm in the sun. Hooray!

Russell did most of the running around, catering and organizing. I did the fretting. I'm not sure who of us was the most exhausted at the end of the day.