Kate's birthday

Kate woke up early on her birthday (about 6 am) because she was too excited to sleep.  We asked her to wait until Maggie was awake to start the festivities.  She waited for 1 tortuous hour and finally I woke Maggie up at 7 am.  Kate instantly dove into her presents and she had her eye set on a tall present.

Inside her tall present was Julie, the American Girl doll she has been begging for all year long!!!

 Maggie was excited for Kate's new doll too!

After presents, Kate blew out candles at breakfast time.  She requested banana muffins for her special day.

Papa and Gramma stopped by for a surprise visit with Julie's groovy bed.

At 11:30, Will and I surprised Kate and Maggie at Breakaway (VBS) with a special trip to the American Girl store.  Both girls were super excited for the surprise.  We had cousin Chloe, Auntie Sarah and Gramma join us on our LONG excursion to Palo Alto, which is the nearest American Girl store to us.

 At the store, we started off our experience with a special tea with the dolls.  The dolls had special booster seats, cups and saucers.

 The food was very delicious!

While waiting for our tea, Kate opened up 2 gift cards to the store from Auntie Sarah & Chloe and Dedushka & Grammalene.  After tea was done Kate went on a shopping spree!  With the generosity of grandparents Kate was able to purchase a lot of the things she wanted to add to Julie's collection, including Julie's egg chair and doll ear piercing.

Unfortunately Kate was not able to purchase Julie's Volkswagen since it is over $500!!!

We had such a fun day!  At bedtime, Will found Kate crying in her room.  When he asked her what was wrong she told him she was SO happy!  Is that not the sweetest thing?!?  Happy 6th Birthday, beautiful Kate!  Now it is time to start planning Maggie's birthday...